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Woman killed with niece in Middlesbrough house fire was ‘a beautiful soul’, says mother

The Guardian UK · 27 August 2026 at 12:08

Woman killed with niece in Middlesbrough house fire was ‘a beautiful soul’, says mother

Natalie McDonald, 34, and Valentina Foster, 7, died in fire a mile from earlier A66 crash, with police not ruling out links A woman who died in a house fire along with her seven-year-old niece has been described as “a beautiful soul”.

Natalie McDonald, 34, died along with her niece Valentina Foster, seven, in the blaze in Grangetown, near Middlesbrough, in the early hours of Wednesday.

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Woman killed with niece in Middlesbrough house fire was ‘a beautiful soul’, says mother

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