Kirby Muxloe house fire caused by fuse box fault
BBCA fatal blaze at a house in a Leicestershire village was caused accidentally by an electrical fault, fire investigators have said.
A man and a woman died at the scene in Church Road, Kirby Muxloe, at about 03:30 BST on Friday.
The blaze was caused by a fault in the house's fuse box, a Leicestershire Fire and Rescue spokesman said.
The two people have not yet been named and police said identification was a matter for the coroner.
The deaths are not being treated as suspicious, the force added.
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