Blaze victim had "multiple injuries, none related to fire"
Cy Cooper was pulled alive from the burning house at Bluebell Close, Wincobank, at 12.25am on Wednesday, but later died.
A post-mortem examination found that Mr Cooper died as a result of “multiple injuries, none of which were related to the fire”, police said.
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Hide AdOfficer are treating his death as murder — they initially arrested five people in connection with the incident.
Four of those have now been released. A 23-year-old man remains in custody and is being questioned today.
Police and firefighters have launched a joint investigation to discover the cause of the fire, which they believe was set deliberately.