Crews have yet to determine the cause of the fire, which also injured the children’s mother. Fire Chief Derrick Sawyer told reporters the blaze began on the 300 block of Margate Road just after 4 a.m.
The trio - one male and two female - allegedly snatched two huge sets of the building blocks, worth £700 each from the Smyths Toys store, in West Thurrock, Essex.