Overview
- A vehicle fire outside the Hare and Hounds Inn on Liley Lane on Sunday, June 28 left five people with serious burns after emergency services found them trapped in the vehicle.
- A 43-year-old man and an eight-year-old girl were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries while three other children were hospitalised with injuries described as likely to be life-changing.
- West Yorkshire Police, fire crews, Yorkshire Ambulance Service and the Yorkshire Air Ambulance all attended and five patients were conveyed to hospital for urgent treatment.
- Early media accounts reported a gas canister blast and footage shows charred tipper truck wreckage but police say enquiries have found no sign the fire was started deliberately and the incident is not being treated as suspicious.
- Investigators continue to examine the vehicle and scene to establish the precise cause while family, neighbours and local emergency teams remain focused on the victims' care and recovery.