Mother quizzed over fatal fire

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Seven-year-old Lewis and five-year-old Taylor Jenkins died from inhaling fire fumes after the blaze broke out at their home in Milfoil Drive, Eastbourne, East Sussex, at around 3pm on October 4.

Detectives from Sussex Police's major crime branch announced that, following consultation with the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), a 29-year-old woman was arrested on Wednesday afternoon.

Sources said the woman was the boys' mother, Denise Goldsmith, who was taken to the Eastbourne District General Hospital after the fire and treated for minor injuries before being released.

Police are not at this stage treating the fire as arson and their inquiries are ongoing as floral tributes continue to be laid at the scene for the boys, who were both pupils at nearby Shinewater Primary School.

Ms Goldsmith, who is understood to be estranged from the boys' father, was among a stream of people who visited the scene the day after the incident to lay flowers.

She had to be restrained by her family from entering the burnt out property, which was cordoned off while forensic investigations were carried out.

A team of detectives have been investigating the circumstances that led to the deaths along with fire investigators from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service (ESFR).

Neighbours said the boys' deaths had left the local community in shock.

The boys' headteacher, John Greenwood, said the deaths would have a profound effect on the school, where a special assembly was held on Monday.