THE New Year fireball that killed three people was started by a “psycho ex”, a survivor said.
The woman made the claim after jumping from the top floor of the burning house in Kirton, Lincs.
A neighbour told The Sun that an ex-boyfriend of a resident in the £350,000 house had gone into it with a jerry can of fuel. A party was winding up at the time.
He allegedly yelled: “No one else will have you” before dousing the place in petrol.
One of the dead has been named as Billy Hicks, 24, while the other two were a 27-year-old woman and a man of 32.
A witness said: “We helped and she kept going on about this ex she said was a complete psycho.
“You could see a heavily built man at the window trying to climb out but there was nothing anyone could do to get to him.
“Another woman broke out through glass at the front door.”
Jay Edmunds, 27, lived at the four-bed detached property. It was owned by her parents Paul and Donna who had moved away to set up a hotel in Ilfracombe, Devon.
It was understood Jay was renting spare bedrooms to friends.
Mobile phone salesman Billy Hicks was said to have been previously very close to Jay.
Amrit Bola, assistant manager of the Spirit of Endeavour pub in Boston, said his death had been confirmed to him by police.
They were treating the blaze as a “domestic-related murder”.
One survivor is Police Community Support Officer Rachel Braim. A friend wrote online: “She’s physically OK and safe.”
Another is Natalie Hall, 21, who wrote on Facebook: “I am fine, just a few minor injuries on my legs from where I jumped.
“I am very lucky to be alive which is more than I can say for my wonderful friends.”
Police have since launched a "domestic-related" murder investigation into the tragedy.
Authorities are not looking for anyone else in relation to the fire investigation.
Superintendent Di Coulson said: "There is one suspect and we believe that suspect died within the property."
She added: "The incident we believe is as a result of an issue with that relationship."
"I am very lucky to be alive which is more then I can say for my wonderful friends who were taken away that night. My condolences to their families."
Police launch murder investigation after three dead in New Year's Day house fire in LincolnshireFriends have also already started fundraising for those involved in the fire as investigators comb through the wreckage of the home.
The only part of the roof remaining were two brick gable ends, while every window on the upper floor had been shattered and part of the first floor wall had collapsed completely.
Authorities have since said that due to the "ferocity" of the blaze, it will take a number of days to establish just how the fire started.
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The police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward, including drivers who may have dash cam footage.
The investigation is being conducted by officers from the East Midlands Specialist Operations Unit alongside Lincolnshire officers.
Witnesses or anyone with information is urged to phone 101 and quote incident 139 of January 1.
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