Two young children die in Wolverhampton house fire

Two young children have died in a house fire in Wolverhampton.

Officers, along with West Midlands Fire Brigade and West Midlands Ambulance Service, were called to Mason Street at around 8.30pm on Friday, West Midlands Police said in a statement.

Firefighters entered the property and rescued two young children, but the children were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

Two other children and a woman had already left the house before emergency services arrived.

They were checked by ambulance personnel but did not require hospital treatment.

While the police cordoned off the extensively damaged property, work continues to determine the cause of the fire.

Anyone with information can contact police on 101 or via live chat, quoting log 5640 of 24 April.

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