Woman in her 60s arrested for ‘murder & arson’ after woman in her 90s dies in early morning house fire

NewsUK News A WOMAN in her 60s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman in her 90s was found dead following a fire in the early hours. Emergency services were scrambled to an address in Hardwick, Gloucestershire, shortly before 4am, after receiving reports of a fire. Fire crews, ambulance and police responded to the scene and the inferno was brought under control. The property was searched and a woman in her 90s was found unconscious inside. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Emergency services performed CPR but despite their best efforts, the woman was tragically pronounced dead at the scene. Her next of kin has been informed. A woman aged in her 60s and from Gloucester has since been arrested in connection with the incident. She was taken into custody on suspicion of murder and arson with intent to endanger life. She remains in police custody for questioning at this time. A cordon remains in place around the scene as investigators probe the tragedy. Most read in The Sun Gloucestershire Constabulary said: “Police would like to reassure the public that those involved in the incident are known to each other and this appears to have been an isolated incident.”