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Gardaí Believe Drug-Related Activity Was Central To Waterford House Fire

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Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the incident

The two children who died in a house fire in Waterford city have been named.

12-year-old Callum and his nine-year-old brother Jayden died yesterday morning alongside their parents Philip and Kim English.

Gardaí have launched a murder investigation into the incident, which seriously injured two other children.

Searches have been carried out across Waterford City overnight as part of the murder investigation into the deaths of 4 members of the same family yesterday.

Drug-related activity and drug debt intimidation are understood to be a central line of inquiry in the investigation

The nearby Butler Community Centre has made counselling supports available to the devastated local community.
 

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