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Three released without charge after fatal arson attack

BBC · Sat 24 Oct 2026, 09:38Text
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Floral tributes are left outside the cordoned off home belonging to Philip and Kim English, and their two children who died after an arson attack in Waterford City. Behind the metal gates, which are covered in green mesh, is a semi-detached home with boarded up windows.
Floral tributes are left outside the cordoned off home belonging to Philip and Kim English, and their two children who died after an arson attack in Waterford City. Behind the metal gates, which are covered in green mesh, is a semi-detached home with boarded up windows.

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Three people, who were arrested in connection with a suspected arson attack which killed four family members in the Republic of Ireland, have been released, gardaí (Irish police) have said.

Philip and Kim English and two of their children - nine-year-old Jayden and 12-year-old Callum - died after their home in Birch Avenue, on the outskirts of Waterford was set on fire earlier this month .

A man aged in his 20s and a woman in her 30s were previously charged in connection with the attack.

On Saturday, gardaí said three people - two women in their 30s and a man in his 50s - who were arrested on Tuesday have been released without charge.

A fourth person, a man in his 20s who was arrested on Thursday, remains in custody.

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