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Community support for family of fatal house fire

Tributes have been paid to a six-year old girl from Leicester who died in a house fire in Mowmacre Hill.

Police were called to a house in Bedale Drive, Leicester, by the fire service at about 04:08 BST on Tuesday. Leicestershire Police said a person, understood by 大象传媒 Leicester to be six-year-old Chamiah Brindley, died at the scene.

A 14-year-old girl was arrested on suspicion of arson following the blaze, but has since been released on bail while inquiries continue.

Estelle Keeber lives nearby and has been collecting donated clothes for the family. She's told 大象传媒 Radio Leicester why she wanted to help. And Rob Hinsley, the Vicar at the local St Luke's Parish Church, explains how the community has come together to support the family.

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