Emergency services have attended a number of incidents across the borough in the last week. Each has seen lives completely devastated.
There has been a week of tragedy and heartbreak in Wigan - with the remains of a baby found, a man killed after a house erupted into flames, a little girl injured after being hit by a van and three lives claimed on the roads.
Wigan Council had to step in and help the family living there to find temporary accommodation due to the level of damage caused. Five people were then arrested after a horrifying discovery was made in Marsh Green. Human remains, thought to have been that of a young baby, were uncovered at a home in the area on Wednesday .
On Friday afternoon , tragedy struck once more along Flapper Fold Lane in Atherton, at around midday. An 87-year-old mobility scooter rider died following a collision with a suspected drug driver. Two more lives were claimed in another serious collision on Saturday night . Two men lost their lives after a crash between a motorbike and car on Ormskirk Road at around 7.15pm.
The driver of the car - a 41-year-old man - was arrested on suspicion of causing death by careless driving and causing serious injury by careless driving. He remains in custody to be quizzed by detectives.
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