Kenneth William Cecil Dobsonwas an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler who played for Derbyshire and Warwickshire... (wikipedia)
The owner of the front house was surprised to hear so many people lived there.
There did not appear to be any smoke detectors in there, which certainly could have contributed to the tragedy.
The victims were kind of spread out in the house. Smoke detectors could have made the difference.