Derbyshire Fire and Rescue says it has been made aware of young people playing on ice at a lake near Ilkeston less than a week since four boys died in Solihull after being recovered from water. West Midlands Police says the four boys, aged 11, 10, eight and six, all died following the incident at Babbs Mill Park on Sunday, December 11.
Three of them died in hospital on the Sunday whilst the youngest, Samuel Butler, died in hospital on Wednesday. Despite warnings being issued in the wake of the tragedy, young people were playing on a frozen lake on Thursday (December 15).
The young people were seen at the Kirk Hallam Lake. It follows a similar incident on a frozen pond at the Shirebrook Leisure Centre earlier in the week.
