A 44-year-old woman, who police say knew the child, was initially arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life, but has now been rearrested on suspicion of murder.

Lesma-Rose Wibier was pulled from the blaze at the property on Gateshead Close, Rusholme, on Sunday afternoon, but she died from her injuries in hospital.

Lesma-Rose Wibier was pulled from the blaze at the property in Rusholme at the weekend, but she later died from her injuries in hospital. | ITV News Granada

Tributes have been paid to “the most beautiful” four-year-old girl who has died in a house fire in Manchester. Lesma-Rose Wibier was pulled from the blaze at the property in Gateshead Close, Rusholme, on Sunday afternoon, Greater Manchester Police said, but she died from her injuries in hospital.

A woman has been arrested following a fatal house fire in Manchester. The fire service was called to a home in Gateshead Close at about 12.35 pm on Sunday. The blaze was quickly extinguished and a four-year-old girl,

A HEARTBROKEN family have paid tribute to the “most beautiful girl inside and out” who tragically died in a house fire. Lesma-Rose Wibier, four, was killed in the blaze at a property

An investigation is ongoing and an arrest has been made after a four year-old girl died following a house fire in Manchester. At around 12.35pm today (2 March 2025), emergency services responded to a fire at a property on Gateshead Close, Manchester.

Tributes paid to ‘beautiful’ girl, four, who died in house fire - A 44-year-old woman, who knew the child, has been rearrested on suspicion of murder.

A woman has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a four-year-old girl died in a house fire in Manchester. The girl was pulled from the blaze at the property on Gateshead Close, Rusholme, on Sunday afternoon,