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Two teenagers and baby killed in Derbyshire house fire

Flowers have been left at the scene of a fatal house fire in Derbyshire, in which two teenagers and a baby died.

The grandfather of a 17-year-old girl who died in a flat fire with her baby daughter in Derbyshire has paid tribute to the "loveable children" as he laid flowers at the scene.

Amy Smith and her six-month-old daughter Ruby-Grace Gaunt, died in the blaze at her home in Langley Mill along with family friend Edward Green, also 17.

Three men are being questioned on suspicion of murder.

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Neighbour 'threw son out of window to save him from fire'

A man has described the scene on North Street in Langley Mill last night as neighbours raced to save residents who were trapped in a burning block of flats.

Paul Barber - who lives on the estate in Langley Mill where the fire happened - told how one man threw his child out of a window and onto a mattress on the ground as smoke poured out of the building.

A different eyewitness - who did not wish to be named - has reported hearing shouting in the street on Saturday.

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