Two freed in fatal North fire case

A man and a woman arrested following the death of an eight-month-old baby in a house fire have been freed on bail.

A man and a woman arrested following the death of an eight-month-old baby in a house fire have been freed on bail.

Two adults and another child escaped the fire in Co Fermanagh, that killed Chelsea Agnew on Saturday morning.

Police investigating the fire in Drumbawn, Enniskillen, arrested the pair under the Children and Young Persons Act.

Firefighters found the dead baby in an upstairs bedroom.

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