Police confirm residential fire on North East street was 'not suspicious' (Image: Northern Echo)
Police have confirmed a fire that broke out on a residential street earlier this week is not being treated as suspicious.
Emergency services were at the scene on Langley Avenue in Thornaby on Monday (May 20) following reports of a fire in a home.
Investigations previously said its cause was "undetermined" but now it has been categorised as not suspicious.
Nobody is thought to have been injured.
A Cleveland Police statement said: "Following a house fire on Langley Avenue in Thornaby in the early hours of Monday 20th May, joint investigations between police and Cleveland Fire Brigade have not found any suspicious circumstances."
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