Youth held over fatal fire released

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A 17-year-old arrested in connection with a house fire that left two children dead has been released and ruled out as a suspect, according to police.


Niamh and Cayden Maynard, aged five and two, died in the fire at their home in Buxton, Derbyshire, on Friday night after they became trapped upstairs.


Their mother, 23-year-old Fiona Adams, jumped to safety from a bedroom window on to a trampoline with her eight-month-old son Kiernan.


Derbyshire Police said a 17-year-old arrested in the early hours of Saturday morning in connection with the fire in Edale Way has been released from custody and is no longer a suspect.