Blaze mother had called police

Neighbours arrive with flowers at the scene of a fire in Buxton in which two children died
12 April 2012

A mother whose two older children died in a house fire an hour after she reported noise and anti-social behaviour in her back garden had called police several times in the past three years.

Niamh and Cayden Maynard, aged five and two, died in the fire at their home in Buxton, Derbyshire, on Friday night after they became trapped upstairs.

Their mother, 23-year-old Fiona Adams, jumped to safety from a bedroom window on to a trampoline with her eight-month-old son Kiernan.

A 17-year-old arrested in connection with the fire in Edale Way was released from custody and ruled out as a suspect, police said.

Emergency services were called to the blaze just before midnight on Friday. It is believed the children's father, James Maynard, was at work.

Ms Adams and her baby are reportedly in a stable condition in hospital after jumping from the bedroom window.

It was reported that she had tried to rescue her two older children but was beaten back by smoke and flames.

Investigations were continuing into the possible cause of the fire, which has been described as suspicious by police.

Investigations were continuing into reports that Ms Adams had experienced problems with anti-social behaviour.

It was reported that shortly before the blaze broke out she posted a message on Facebook saying: "You can smash the windows and the car but you'll never get me and the kids."

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