A 19-year-old son of a Bacup county councillor died as fire swept a bedroom of the family home.
Roger Wood was carried from the bedroom by fire men wearing breathing masks but he died in Rochdale Hospital.
A crime spree began in the run up to Christmas.
Thieves were targeting shops throughout Lancashire, police revealed.
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