Arrests made after fire claimed lives of children and mother in North Philadelphia

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(WPHL) — Two people have been arrested after police say they set a house on fire in North Philadelphia, claiming the lives of two young children and their mother.

According to the Philadelphia Police Department, 67-year-old Charles Sumpter and 44-year-old Fleitte Newell were charged with murder and related offenses.

On June 13, a large house fire broke out just before 5 a.m. on the 2500 block of North Corlies Street in Strawberry Mansion. Officials previously told PHL17 that two children, both aged 6 years old, as well as their pregnant mother, died in the fire.

In the current update, police have revealed the identities of the two children and their mother.

6-year-old Assad Thompson, 4-year-old Alaya Thompson-Newell, and 32-year-old Ashley Thomson, who was eight months pregnant at the time of the fire, all perished in the flames.

A 2-year-old child and a 54-year-old woman were also injured in the fire, but they remain in the hospital in stable condition.

Initial reports stated that the woman was in critical condition after she jumped out of the 2nd-story window of her home with a child in her arms.

The motive of the fire has not been revealed.