A child is one of two people who died in a house fire less than a mile from the site of a crash on the A66 which killed seven people, police have said as they confirmed two people have been arrested.
Cleveland Police said two men, aged 23 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder and they remain in police custody following the blaze at an end-of-terrace property in Birchington Avenue, Grangetown, near Middlesbrough.