A father and his ten-year-old daughter who died in a holiday park caravan fire have been pictured and named as Lee and Esme Baker. The tragic duo were trapped by the inferno tearing through their accommodation at Golden Beach Holiday Park at Ingoldmells on the Lincolnshire coast early on Saturday morning, on what was the first day of the school Easter holidays in the area.

In a statement released through police this afternoon, a member of Lee and Esme’s family said: “Lee and Esme were excited to be spending the first weekend of the holidays together. We are all utterly devastated at what’s happened. “This loss is incomprehensible at the moment, and we ask for people to give us space to process this utterly heartbreaking loss.' Esme's mother, Genette Baker, was yesterday being comforted by relatives at her home in Retford, north Nottinghamshire, and was too upset to comment.

The tragic father-and-daughter pair were described as “two peas in a pod” in an online fundraising page, while relatives and friends this morning began posting tributes and messages of sympathy online.

One family friend wrote : “Love you all, sleep well esme you beautiful girl.”

Senior Investigating Officer, Det Insp Lee Nixon, of Lincolnshire Police, said: “We believe we might be close to arriving at a working hypothesis.

“We are working hard to validate the facts available to us to be able to provide answers for the family and loved ones of those who were very tragically taken by this fire. Yet the evident intensity of the fire has made this task incredibly challenging.”

Dan Moss, area manager for prevention and protection at Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Our thoughts and deepest condolences are with the family at this time. Our Fire Investigation Team is working with colleagues from Lincolnshire Police, and a full investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.

“Once investigations are complete, local fire crews and our community fire safety team will be on hand to talk to people in the area and address any fire safety concerns they may have, at what will be an upsetting time.”

The pair were initially identified as a father-and-daughter called Lee and Esme in an online fundraising GoFundMe page, which described the pair as “happy go lucky people who loved life” and had been set up by a local bar owner to raise money for their family.

The page added that a charity night would be announced in due course.

This morning, flowers were being laid for the pair at a bar adjacent to the family-run caravan site.

Police were called to reports of a caravan fire at the site at around 3.53am on Saturday.

Emergency services from Skegness, Wainfleet, Spilsby and Alford attended the blaze, with investigators still probing the cause.

Lincolnshire Police said the investigation remained in “the very early stages” but officers are “keeping an open mind” on the cause of the blaze, they added.

A Lincolnshire Police spokesperson said: “We are very sad to confirm that two people have died following a caravan fire at Golden beach Holiday Park, Roman Bank, Ingoldmells.

“We were called at 3.53 am today (5 April) to a report of a caravan fire at the holiday park where two people have tragically lost their lives.

“Their next of kin have been informed and will be supported by specially trained officers.'

“We have Crime Scene Investigators on site, and we are carrying out inquires to determine the exact cause of the fire.”

National Grid said its engineers had disconnected and isolated the electricity supply in the area, affecting 50 customers, to allow emergency services to investigate.

East Lindsey District Council said the “significant power outage” had potentially affected properties within a two mile radius.

Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue also attended a caravan fire in Ingoldmellson at around 10.45pm on Tuesday.

Tuesday's fire, which was caused by an electrical fault within a fuse board, was extinguished using two breathing apparatus, one hose reel jet, and one thermal imaging camera, they said.

Ingoldmells is a coastal village just three miles north of Skegness and has a population of around 2,000.

Saturday's fatal blaze comes three years after another deadly fire broke out in a caravan at Sealands Caravan Park in Ingoldmells, claiming the life of two-year-old Louisiana Brooke Dolan.

Natasha Broadley, 37, had been staying with her four children and managed to escape the inferno with the elder three, Lexus, 14, Timothy, 12, and James-Dean, seven - but was unable to save Louisiana.

Lincolnshire Police announced in August 2022 that it did not intend to bring any criminal charges over the death but Ms Broadley thinks it was caused by a faulty boiler.

An inquest into Louisiana's passing in 2023 then ruled the death was accidental after not being able to definitively identify the cause of the fire.

Last year, police confirmed that criminal charges would not be pursued.