More time for fatal fire police

Abdullah Mohammed died in the fire at his home in Blackburn

Police in Lancashire have applied for extra time to question two men arrested over a fire in which a couple died.

A 25-year-old and a 19-year-old men were held in East London on suspicion of murder.

Abdullah Mohammed, 41, was killed in the Blackburn fire in October. His wife, Ayesha, 39, died a week later and two of their children were injured.

Police are applying for longer to question the two men, who were arrested on Thursday.

A 23-year-old, arrested on Tuesday, remains in custody.

Daughter in hospital

Another man, a 22-year-old, has been released on police bail.

Two men have already been charged with murder and remanded in custody.

The couple's 14-year-old daughter, Siddiqah, remains in a stable condition in hospital in Manchester following the fire.

Their nine-year-old son, Muhammad, has been released and is now recovering with his extended family.

Their eldest son, Ashraf, was away at university at the time of the attack on 21 October at the family home in London Road.