Man arrested over fatal fire bailed

Cuddly toys and bunches of flowers outside the house where a mum died and her three children were fatally injured
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People continue to pay their respects by leaving cuddly toys and bunches of flowers at the scene

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A man arrested in connection with the deaths of a mother and her three children in a house fire in Bradford has been released on bail.

Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her children - Denisty, nine, Oscar, five, and 22-month-old Aubree - died after their home on Westbury Road was deliberately set alight on 21 August.

Police said the bailed man, 36, had been arrested on Friday on suspicion of murder along with a second man, 45, who officers have since eliminated from the investigation.

Seven people in total have been arrested in connection with the fatal blaze.

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Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her three children all died in the fire

A 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder in the Keighley area yesterday.

Police have also arrested a woman, 54, and a man, 42, at the same address on suspicion of assisting an offender.

Another man, 44, was arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after he handed himself in at a police station.

All four remain in custody.

A 39-year-old man arrested on the day of the fire on suspicion of murder remains in hospital with critical injuries.

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Two new crime scenes were set up by police as well as the one in Westbury Avenue where the blaze happened

New crime scenes were set up at two addresses in Keighley, on Kensington Street and Alice Street, as investigations continued yesterday, police said.

Ms Gawith's family previously paid tribute to her, saying she was known as "B" and was the "life and soul of the party".

They said she loved music and dancing with the children, who were nicknamed Chuch, Oggy and Strawberry.

The children's father and Ms Gawith's fiancee, Jonathan, said he was "absolutely distraught" at their deaths.

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