The bodies of a man and a young girl have been discovered at a house in Shropshire following a kitchen fire.
A spokesman for West Mercia Police said it was treating the deaths as unexplained.
The bodies were discovered on Sunday at about 2045 BST at a house in Briarwood, on the Brookside estate, in Telford.
The man and child were confirmed dead at the scene by paramedics after police officers forced entry and discovered evidence of an extensive kitchen fire.
Nobody else was found in the property.
The Shropshire coroner’s office has been informed and post-mortem examinations are taking place.
The bodies have not yet been formally identified.
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