Sheffield: Two adults and two children taken to hospital after suspected arson

Firefighters were called to Wordsworth Avenue at about 21:00 GMT on Tuesday (file image)

A house fire in Sheffield which left two adults and two children in hospital is being treated as a targeted arson attack, police have said.

Emergency services were called to the house on Wordsworth Avenue in Parson Cross just before 21:00 GMT on Tuesday.

Four people who were in the property were taken to hospital.

A 47-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man are in a serious condition. A six-year-old girl has minor injuries and a 17-year-old girl was later released.

South Yorkshire Police is working with the fire service to establish the cause of the blaze.

Det Insp Rich Armstrong said: "I know this incident may have caused some concern in the community, and I want to reassure you we are doing everything possible to find who was responsible.

"We suspect that this was a targeted attack and would urge anybody who may have seen anything to get in touch with us."

He said extra officers would be on patrol in the community on Wednesday night for the public to talk to.