Kettering fire: Girl, 4, killed in house blaze named as family speak out

A 4-year-old girl killed in Kettering has been named as her family speaks out.

The girl who died was named locally as Mayci following Northamptonshire. Macyi's mum, 30, and a 23-year-old man were also killed in the Friday night fire.

The little girl's great grandmother said she was "too upset to speak about it." Speaking to The Sun, she added: "I have lost my great granddaughter in the fire and her mum.

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"It's just so sad. I'm too upset to speak about it. Her brother had gone out for the evening so was not at home when the fire started."

Emergency services raced to the home at Beswick Close at about 10:30pm that night. and Northamptonshire's fire service have since launched an investigation into what caused the blaze.

A man had been arrested on suspicion of murder but he has since been released with no further action being taken. Photos taken in the aftermath of the blaze showed the house being having been totally gutted by the fire.

A neighbour told the outlet: "It was blended family, so it's cast a big circle. It's a tragedy." He added it was clear people had died in the blaze.

He continued: "I was there the whole evening. I was with the owner of the property. I went to the hospital with him until the early hours of the morning so I was there for the whole evening.

"I've seen many house fires before because of the job that I do. It became clear early on that there wasn't going to be any lives saved."

Northamptonshire Police Detective Chief Inspector Ruby Burrow previously said of the fire: "This is a heart-breaking situation. My thoughts, and those of everyone involved in responding to this fire, are with the people who died and those who love them."