DETECTIVES have arrested two men on suspicion of attempted murder after a mum and teenage girl were left fighting for their life after a blaze ripped through their home.
Sabrina Rushton, 31, and her daughter Rubi-Mae Martin, 13, were both rushed to hospital after a fire broke out at their home in Bentilee, Staffs, last year.
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Teenager Rubi-Mae was heard screaming “my mum is in there” before her care worker mum jumped from a first floor window to escape the flames.
Her daughter was found “shaking” and “traumatised” in the garden of the family home.
Now officers have arrested two men, 19 and 21, on suspicion of attempted murder on Thursday and have since been released on bail.
Officers have now arrested eleven people in connection with the horror blaze, but have yet to charge anyone.
Rubi-Mae has been discharged from hospital and is being safeguarded, while her mum still remains in a critical but stable condition in hospital.
Staffordshire Police confirmed they were called to the home just before 11pm on December 16.
One local told Stoke-on-Trent Live: “I was one of the first people on the scene. I saw the girl crying in the garden and I asked her who was in the house.
“She said ‘help, help, my mum’s in there’. I took her across the road to the opposite house and ran back to find her mum on her hands and knees in the front garden.
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“Just before I found her I heard the upstairs window smash and I think she jumped out of the window and landed in the front garden.
“There was loads of smoke, it was crazy. As soon as I knew everyone was out of the house I backed off. It was my first instinct to run over and help.”
Well-wishers have rallied together to help support the stricken mum and daughter, and have raised more than £5k on a GoFundMe page.
Anyone with any information, or relevant CCTV or dashcam footage, should contact Staffordshire Police on Facebook, Twitter, or call 101, quoting incident 804 of 16 December.
Alternatively, contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
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