Boy of 9 years, and man killed in Penistone house fire

A nine-year-old boy and a 44-year-old man have died after a house fire in South Yorkshire, police said.

A second boy aged 11 is critically ill in hospital following the fire in Penistone, near Barnsley.

Police said emergency services were called to the property in Tennyson Close at 18:30 BST.

The three were taken to hospital, where the man and youngest boy were pronounced dead. An investigation into the cause is under way.

Firefighters found "a fully-developed fire throughout the house", South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said.

"Our thoughts are with the family of those involved in this tragic incident," said a fire service spokesman.

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