Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after two people died in a house fire near #Middlesbrough.
Cleveland Police said officers were called to a property in the Grangetown area at about 5.20am on Wednesday.
A child is among the two people who were killed in the fire. They have yet to be formally identified.
A 48-year-old woman remains in the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in a critical condition, and a further three people have suffered non-life-threatening injuries and are receiving treatment in hospital.
Police have arrested two men aged 23 and 31, and they remain in custody.
Investigators are keeping an "open mind and cannot rule out any links to wider organised crime at this time", police said.
A full examination of the scene at Birchington Avenue is still underway.
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