Man arrested on suspicion of arson over Wednesbury house fire that left three people with severe injuries
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of arson following a serious house fire in Wednesbury.
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Emergency services were called to the blaze that broke out at a house on Holyhead Road in Wednesbury in the early hours of Sunday morning (May 11).
A man and a woman in their 80s remain in a critical condition in hospital as well as a second man in his 50s.
Following police enquiries, a 53-year-old man has been arrested in Wales on suspicion of arson.
A West Midlands Police spokesperson said: "If you have any information about the incident and haven’t yet contacted us, please call 101 or get in touch via Live Chat on our website quoting log 504 of 11."
It was the third house fire that broke out over the weekend, following a double house fire in Bilston on Saturday in which a man aged in his 70s died.
There was another blaze in Kingswinford on Saturday evening and, most recently, a severe house fire in Rowley Regis on Tuesday evening.
