Neighbours devastated after girl, 4, dies in fire
BBCNeighbours have spoken of their shock after a four-year-old girl was killed in a house fire.
The blaze broke out in the house on Kingsley Road in Lynemouth, Northumberland, on Monday night and the girl died at the scene.
Neighbour Karen Coulson, 58, said the death was "absolutely devastating" and people had tried to help but were forced back by the heat.
A woman in her 20s and a two-year-old girl are in hospital in a stable condition, Northumbria Police said.
Dozens of flowers and balloons have been left on the street outside the house.
'Braying on doors'
"It's devastating, we couldn't get in to help her and seeing [the fire], it's awful," Ms Coulson told BBC Look North.
"The full neighbours were out trying. We had neighbours up the top, coming down and braying on other people's doors to try and get them out the house with that house being on fire.
"It was just horrific."
Carrie Scott, who lives next door, said she had been helping people lay tributes throughout the day.
She said: "As a mum myself, to think that it could have been my children, it breaks my heart.
"I know as a community we will do everything we can to rebuild their lives, to not what they had before, but at least to give them a good start."
A donation service for unwanted clothes to help support the family has been set up at Bacmans Community Hub in the village.
Det Ch Insp Louise Jenkins, of Northumbria Police, said: "All of our thoughts and condolences are with the family and friends at this incredibly difficult time.
"Enquiries remain at a very early stage and with the support of our partners from Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service we are determined to establish exactly what happened."