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Murder arrest after woman in 90s dies in house fire

Beth Cruse
News imageBBC A blue forensics tent is on a grass verge by the side of a house with two police cars parked either side.BBC
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene in the early hours of Sunday

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 90s died in a house fire.

Gloucestershire Police was called to Elmgrove Road West in Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, at 04:00 BST on Sunday.

Emergency services searched the house and found the elderly woman, who was unconscious. Ambulance crews performed CPR but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

A woman in her 60s, from Gloucester, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and arson with intent to endanger life.

Police said the two women knew each other and they were treating the death as an isolated incident.

A cordon is in place and anyone with information is being asked to contact the force.

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