A man (39) has been arrested today in connection with the deaths of two young jockeys, one of them Irish, in a UK flat fire.
The local man was detained by officers investigating the fire at a flat complex in Norton, near Malton, in September, North Yorkshire Police said.
The fire killed apprentice jockeys Jamie Kyne (18), from Co Galway, and Jan Wilson (19) from Forfar, Scotland.
Two other young jockeys were injured as they escaped the fire in a three-storey block just off Norton’s main street.
A police spokesman said he could not confirm the arrested man was the same person who was detained shortly after the incident in September and later released.
The deaths of the two young riders shocked the racing world and a series of tributes were held at racecourses and yards across Britain and Ireland.
The arrested man is being held at a police station in North Yorkshire.
PA