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Two Arrested on Suspicion of Manslaughter After One-Year-Old’s Death in Newham Chemical Incident

Detectives are probing how hazardous chemicals came to be present in a Upton Park flat.

Overview

  • Metropolitan Police arrested a 41-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman, neither known to the victim, and are holding them in custody.
  • The one-year-old girl died in hospital after her family of four sought treatment over a chemical smell in a Barking Road flat.
  • Two adults and another child, aged six, were treated in hospital; their injuries were not life-threatening or life-changing.
  • About 12 neighbouring residents were evacuated as specialist firefighters conducted hazardous-materials sweeps and ventilated the property.
  • The investigation continues with London Fire Brigade support, and reports indicate the case is not being treated as terror-related.