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Three arrested on suspicion of murder over Derby house fire

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder following a house fire in Derbyshire.

Amy Smith, 17; her six month old daughter Ruby Gaunt and Ed Green, 17, died in the blaze at the flat in Langley Mill.

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Police name young mum and daughter who died in blaze

Amy Smith Credit: Facebook
Ruby Gaunt Credit: ITV News

Police have named a young mother who died alongside her baby daughter and a family friend in a house fire in Derbyshire.

Investigations are continuing into the cause of the blaze, which killed Amy Smith, 17 and her daughter six and a half month-old Ruby Gaunt, at their flat in Langley Mill.

Family friend Edward Green, 17, from Belper, also died in the fire.

Ed Green Credit: Facebook

The baby's father Shaun Grant is believed to be in hospital after being rescued from the blaze along with another man by neighbours.

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