{"id":49884,"date":"2023-03-23T15:18:47","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T15:18:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=49884"},"modified":"2023-03-23T15:18:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T15:18:47","slug":"four-in-hospital-after-suspected-arson-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/03\/23\/four-in-hospital-after-suspected-arson-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Four in hospital after suspected arson attack<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A house fire in Sheffield which left two adults and two children in hospital is being treated as arson, police have said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency services were called to Wordsworth Avenue in Parson Cross just before 21:00 GMT on Tuesday night.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 47 year old woman and a 42 year old man are in a serious condition. A 17 year old girl has since been released from hospital and a six year old girl remains in hospital with minor injuries.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officers are continuing to investigate and at this stage it is believed the fire was started deliberately.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Yorkshire Police say they are working with the fire service to find the cause of the attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Det Insp Rich Armstrong said: \u201cI 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Extra officers have been put on patrol in the area on Wednesday night for the public to talk to if they have any concerns.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police are keen to speak to anybody that may have information about the blaze.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are appealing for information following a house fire in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sheffield?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Sheffield<\/a> last night. <br><br>We received reports just before 9pm that a house was on fire on Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield. <br><br>Did you see anything? Can you help? <br><br>Read the full appeal here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pvauQA1z5u\">https:\/\/t.co\/pvauQA1z5u<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1Mbts2ryMV\">pic.twitter.com\/1Mbts2ryMV<\/a><\/p>&mdash; South Yorkshire Police (@syptweet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/syptweet\/status\/1638608626326687744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 22, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you can help, you can pass information to the police through the new online live chat or by calling 101. Please quote incident number 1041 when you get in touch.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A house fire in Sheffield which left two adults and two children in hospital is being treated as arson, police have said. 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