London - Four children have been killed in a house fire in Derbyshire, police and firefighters said on Tuesday.
Emergency services were called to the semi-detached house in Hulland Ward near Ashbourne shortly before midnight on Monday and discovered a serious fire.
The four children, two girls, aged six and two, and two boys, aged nine and four, died in the blaze.
A 45-year-old woman was taken to the Royal Derby Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
“At this stage there is no obvious sign of what caused the fire and a joint investigation between Derbyshire Constabulary and Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service will get under way later this morning,” police said in a statement. - Reuters