No suspicious circumstances in Dundee flat blaze that claimed the lives of mother and son

Police Scotland have said there are no suspicious circumstances behind the tenement fire that killed a mother and her son in Dundee last week.

Evelyn McCabe, 56, and Steven Bown, 31, died in the early morning blaze in the city’s Park Avenue, just off Arbroath Road, on Thursday March 10.

Fire and rescue crews were called to Stobswell around 7am after a downstairs neighbour saw smoke coming through his ceiling.

Both Ms McCabe and Mr Bown were given CPR after being pulled from top-floor the firefighters but attempts to resuscitate them were unsuccessful.

Police and Scottish Fire and Rescue carried out a joint investigation into the cause of the blaze which is thought to have been burning for some time before the alarm was raised but have concluded there were no suspicious circumstances.