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Callum Watkinson reports from Edgbaston, where a murder inquiry has been launched following a house fire that left one woman dead and three others injured.

Edgbaston Fire Death

Police are also appealing for witnesses who may have been in the area at 07.00 today (5 November).

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Chief Inspector Helen Kirkham, from West Midlands Police, gives a brief update on the murder inquiry launched after a 36-year-old woman died following a house fire in Edgbaston.

Edgbaston Fire Death

The woman who died in the Speedwell Road house fire was 36 years old. She has not been named by police.

Edgbaston Fire Death

Police have launched a murder inquiry following the death of a woman as a result of a house fire in Edgbaston earlier today (5 November).

Edgbaston Fire Death

West Midlands Ambulance Service have issued a statement detailing their efforts to rescue those involved in a house fire in Edgbaston earlier today (5 November)

“Crews tended to three women and a man who are all believed to have jumped from upstairs windows.

“Attempts were made to resuscitate one of the women at the scene and en-route to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham but she was confirmed dead shortly after arriving at hospital.

“A second woman, believed to be in her fifties, had back pain. She was immobilised before being taken to City Hospital.

“A third woman, in her twenties, had a suspected broken leg. A pelvic splint was applied, the leg put in traction and analgesia administered. She was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.

“A man in his thirties had back pain and suspected wrist and ankle fractures. He had also breathed in smoke. He was given oxygen and was taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.”

– West Midlands Ambulance Service spokesman

Edgbaston Fire Death