CWMBRAN FIRE: Police can question boyfriend for another 24 hours (From South Wales Argus)

CWMBRAN FIRE: Police can question boyfriend over Coed Eva death blaze for another 24 hours

4:50pm Wednesday 19th September 2012 in News

ARRESTED: Carl Mills, right, with girlfriend Kayleigh Buckley who died in the blaze

4.48pm: UPDATE: Police get more time to question boyfriend

GWENT Police have been given an additional 24 hours to question a 27-year-old Manchester man held since yesterday over the triple deaths in a Cwmbran fire.

Carl Mills, 27, the father of the twins, was named locally yesterday as the boyfriend arrested by police on suspicion of murder.

"A 24-hour warrant of further detention was granted by Caerphilly Magistrates Court this afternoon,’’ a police spokesman said.

"Officers are continuing to investigate the cause and the circumstances surrounding the fire.’’

10.20pm

GWENT Police today continued to question the boyfriend of a teenage mother who died in a blaze which claimed the lives of three generations of one family.

Kim Buckley, 46, daughter Kayleigh, 17, and six-month-old Kimberley all died when fire ripped through their home.

Up to 30 firefighters attended the fierce blaze at 15 Tillsland, Coed Eva, Cwmbran, south Wales, in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Kayleigh had recently given birth to twin daughters and was still coming to terms with the tragedy of losing one shortly after birth.

Carl Mills, 27, boyfriend of Kayleigh was named locally as the man arrested by police on suspicion of murder.