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Family's heartbreaking update as girl and aunt killed mile from A66 crash site
A family has paid tribute to a seven-year-old girl and her aunt who died in a house fire less than a mile from the site of a crash on the A66, which killed seven people, including two police officers.
TL;DR
- Valentina Foster, 7, and her aunt Natalie McDonald, 34, died in a house fire.
- The fire occurred near Middlesbrough, close to the A66.
- Two men, aged 23 and 31, have been arrested on suspicion of murder.
- Police are investigating a possible link between the fire and a fatal A66 crash.
- The A66 crash involved a police vehicle and killed two officers and five young men.
- Family members have expressed their heartbreak and grief.
- A neighbor described the intensity of the fire.
- Authorities urge the public to avoid speculation.