Police have arrested two men on suspicion of murder over a house fire in Bradford which killed a mother and her three children. Emergency services responded to the scene on Wednesday but sadly four people died. They were Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her three children – Denisty Birtle, nine, Oscar Birtle, five, and 22-month-old, Aubree Birtle.
West Yorkshire Police launched an investigation and say the family home was “deliberately set alight”. Today detectives announced that two men aged 36 and 45 years old were arrested on suspicion of murder and remain in police custody. A 39 year old man who was arrested at the scene on Wednesday on suspicion of murder remains in hospital in a critical condition.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Chief Inspector Stacey Atkinson of the Homicide and Major Enquiry team said: “Extensive enquiries remain ongoing today in what is very much a live and active investigation. “Specialist officers are continuing to support the family. They are understandably devastated at their loss, and we would ask that their privacy is respected.
“We are continuing to appeal for any information in relation to the fire, and keen to speak to anyone who might have any information to come forward.” Bryonie’s family issued a statement earlier this week which read: “Our B was the life and soul of the party, music was a big part of her life, she loved music, singing and dancing, she would always be singing and dancing with Chuch, Oggy and Strawberry. �.