duncan sleightholme reports.bers of a family have lost their lives. a bunch of flowers placed outside this home in tribute to those who have died. forensic officers and detectives looking for evidence to work out how this tragedy has happened. the emergency services were called in the early hours of this morning. a 28—year—old woman, a 29—year—old man and a four—year—old girl have died. three other children are being treated in hospital — two boys, aged four and nine, and a seven—year—old girl. it's a huge tragedy for all involved. the family, those who knew the family, the broader community here in exeter, as well, all of whom will be greatly affected by this. throughout the day, specialist fire investigators have been working with police and forensic officers to gather evidence about how this fire started. cordons are likely to remain in place around the house in clayton road near st david station for the next couple of days as the investigation continues. we don't know, at this stage, exactly what's happened.

duncan sleightholme has sent this report: well, to give you an idea of the size of the problem, i'm toldiving around here. with a 100 metre cordon around their homes, residents are having to stay somewhere else tonight — many left without any possessions this morning, some, like adam, allowed back in briefly to pick up pets and other essentials. basically, i've obviously had to pack a few good four or five bags for kids to go to their grandparents. i packed a bag for me and the girlfriend. yeah, just going to try and make the best of a bad situation, if you like. the cordon was set up after workmen on a building site found what looks like a world war ii bomb. police officers asking people living in around 100 homes here to leave immediately. we got woken up this morning by the police saying that there is a bomb outside of our house, so we had to evacuate quite quickly and quite unexpected as well. so, yeah, it was all very sudden, i would say. we can't go home, we can't do anything in particular. - i didn't take my phone or anything, so a bit stuck, really. _ bomb disposal experts are tr