A house fire that claimed the life of a Birmingham woman, and left her daughter with 40% burns, is being treated as arson.
Forensics investigations into yesterday’s blaze in Cateswell Road, Tyseley, have confirmed it was started deliberately.
A man who was arrested in connection with a deadly house fire that killed a 52-year-old woman and left her teenage daughter with 40 per cent burns to her body is unfit to be interviewed.
West Midlands Police said the 56-year-old man, who was detained as part of the investigation into the fatal blaze in the Tyseley area of Birmingham, has been assessed by mental health experts and taken to a secure health facility.
Detectives launched a murder inquiry last Thursday after forensic examinations of the scene, on Cateswell Road, confirmed that the fire had been started deliberately.
A post mortem examination has confirmed that the woman died as a result of smoke inhalation.
Police appeal to anyone who may have crossed the Sabrina Footbridge in Worcester the night he became missing.
Persistent rain should ease through the evening.
Rain clearing south, dry to the north. Feeling chilly.