Girl arrested over fire to face no further action
A 14-year-old girl arrested on suspicion of arson following a fatal house fire in Leicester has been released with no further action being taken.
Emergency services went to Bedale Drive in the early hours of 10 September.
A six-year-old girl, named locally as Chamiah Brindley, was found to have died inside but police said she still has not been formally identified.
Now an investigation led by Leicestershire Fire and Rescue Service has concluded no criminal act has been committed.
Scientific experts
Others within the address at the time of the incident received hospital treatment as a precaution and have since been discharged.
Det Insp Michael Chandler said it had been a "complex" investigation.
He added: “We have carried out extensive and thorough inquiries with the fire service and scientific experts over the past few weeks in order to establish the circumstances of the fire and to find answers for the family as quickly as we could.
"Following these inquiries, the investigation has concluded that no criminal act has been committed.
"A file will now be prepared for HM Coroner."
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