Esme Baker who died in the fire(Image: Submitted)

Dad and daughter who died in Ingoldmells caravan fire 'from Nottingham area'

by · NottinghamshireLive

Police say a 10-year-old girl and her father who died in a devastating caravan fire are from the Nottingham area. Lincolnshire Police have formally released the names of the pair who died in the fire at a holiday park in Ingoldmells in the early hours of Saturday morning.

A fresh police statement said: "We are still awaiting formal identification of the two people who tragically lost their lives in this incident, which could take some time.

"However, we do believe the victims to be 48-year-old father, Lee Baker and his 10-year-old daughter, Esme Baker, both from the Nottingham area.

"Our investigations alongside those of our Lincolnshire Fire & Rescue colleagues continued well into the night to establish the cause of the blaze, and these investigations remain on-going today."

Emergency services were called to the Golden Beach holiday park at Roman Bank just before 4am.

Senior investigating officer, Detective Inspector Lee Nixon, said: "We believe we might be close to arriving at a working hypothesis. We are working hard to validate the facts available to us to be able to provide answers for the family and loved ones of those who were very tragically taken by this fire. Yet the evident intensity of the fire has made this task incredibly challenging."

48-year-old Lee Baker also died in the fire(Image: Submitted)

Dan Moss, area manager for prevention and protection at Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, added: "Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family at this time. Our fire investigation team is working with colleagues from Lincolnshire Police, and a full investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

"Once investigations are complete, local fire crews and our community fire safety team will be on hand to talk to people in the area and address any fire safety concerns they may have, at what will be an upsetting time."

A member of Lee and Esme’s family said: “Lee and Esme were excited to be spending the first weekend of the holidays together. We are all utterly devastated at what’s happened. This loss is incomprehensible at the moment, and we ask for people to give us space to process this utterly heart breaking loss."

Fundraising has been started for the pair's family and flowers have been left at the holiday park throughout Sunday morning.