Girl, 9, and father die after Heckmondwike house fire
A nine-year-old girl and her father have died, and an 11-year-old girl is in a critical condition, following a house fire in West Yorkshire. Emergency services were called to an ongoing fire in Russell Close, Heckmondwike, at about 06:19 BST on Sunday.Despite medical attention the man was pronounced dead at the scene while the nine-year-old died in hospital later the same day, West Yorkshire Police said.The force said the cause of the fire was not being treated suspicious.
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