Fire rips through Kettering home leaving three dead and three police injured

Three people have died in a house fire in Northamptonshire that also left three police officers injured.

Northamptonshire Police have launched an investigation after the blaze ripped through a home in Rushton, near Kettering, on Friday night.

Police, fire and ambulance services were called to the property on Beswick Close at around 10.30pm following reports of a large fire.

Three people were later confirmed to have died in the blaze, while three police officers had to be taken to hospital after inhaling smoke.

Shocked local residents described seeing “an inferno”.

One neighbour told the Northamptonshire Telegraph: “It’s absolutely shocking. My lad said it was on fire. There was a man who had tried to get in who was outside. It was just an inferno. There were ambulance, police and fire.

“I don’t know the people who live there, but all we can do is hope and pray. It’s just tragic. It’s just horrible. The whole of the village is in shock.”

Pictures from the scene show the roof of the property destroyed and caved in.

Both the force and Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service are investigating the cause of the fire.

Road closures remained in place on Station Road between Desborough Road and Oakley Road on Saturday morning, as well as on roads off Station Road.

People are advised to continue to avoid the area.

Police ask anyone with information to call them on 101 quoting incident reference 25000180391.

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