THE hunt for an arsonist who sparked a blaze at a Bolton hotel, killing two people, continued today.

Detectives were interviewing former and present employees of the hotel and a detailed fingertip search of a fire-ravaged corridor at the Bolton Moat House hotel goes on.

Today the senior officer leading the police investigation Detective Superintendent Dave Jones of Bolton Police insisted the cause of the blaze could not be determined until the forensic investigation is completed.

For more details of this report, and further background reports see our Hotel Blaze Tragedy file on the left link