Woman arrested after five children killed in house fire A woman in her late 20s has been arrested on suspicion of murder after five children died in a house fire in Derby, police said. The children who died were between the ages of five and 10 and a sixth child aged 13 was being treated in hospital. Emergency services were called to a house on Victory Road in the Allenton district of Derby shortly before 4am on Friday. Derbyshire police said eight people, including two adults and six children, were taken to the Royal Derby hospital. "Police can confirm that five children have died in a house fire," a spokesman said. A sixth child, aged 13, has been transferred to hospital in Birmingham for specialist treatment. The two adults are not seriously injured. The spokesman said the investigation into the cause of the fire was at an early stage and it would be wrong to speculate. He urged anyone who could help police to get in touch. Police closed off Victory Road to traffic and it is likely to remain closed for some time. The brick and pebbledash-rendered council house was badly damaged by the fire. The police force and Derbyshire fire and rescue service were conducting a joint investigation into the cause of the blaze.