They showed up at his house with their fire truck to present him with some special prizes.

他们开着消防车来到他家，给他颁发了一些特别的奖品。

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But at his trial, investigators testified that based on the burn patterns in the house, the fire had been arson.

此案在审理时，侦查人员从火场型推断证明这次火灾系人为纵火。

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Over the protests of his wife, who was alarmed at such a dangerous invention, at one point he was ready to set the house on fire.

这种危险的发明把他的妻子吓坏了，但他不顾妻子的反对，有一次甚至准备点燃自己的房子。

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County volunteers put out a fire at his house a decade ago.

WSJ: Putting Out Fires for a Fee

He was arrested along with his wife Mairead over the fatal house fire at their home on Victory Road in Allenton, Derby, in May.

BBC: Derby

The court later heard that an argument broke out at the house on the night of the fire when three teenage girls visited Middleton and his wife.

BBC: Child witness tells of fatal fire