More arrests made after mother and her three children killed in house fire

Police have made two more arrests after a house fire in Bradford killed a mother and her three children earlier this week.

Bryonie Gawith, also known as B, and her three children – Denisty, 9, Oscar, 5, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle – died in the early hours of Wednesday morning after a fire broke out on Westbury Road.

women, aged 36 and 45, were arrested on suspicion of murder overnight and remain in police custody.

A 39-year-old man who was arrested at the scene on Wednesday on suspicion of murder, remains in hospital in a critical condition.

Senior Investigating Officer, Detective Chief Inspector Stacey Atkinson of the Homicide and Major Enquiry team said: “Extensive enquiries remain ongoing today in what is very much a live and active investigation.

“Specialist officers are continuing to support the family. They are understandably devastated at their loss, and we would ask that their privacy is respected”.

“We continue to appeal for any information in relation to the fire, and keen to speak to anyone who might have any information to come forward.”