Police forensics teams are scouring a horror home tonight after finding the dead bodies of two women, a man and three Rottweilers.
Officers in white outfits have been seen filing into the home in search of clues after the gruesome discovery was made earlier today.
Two women, who were thought to be in a relationship, a man and three dogs, were thought to have been lying dead in the property for more than 24 hours before being discovered.
The two women were found in the living room.
The body of the male - believed to be a friend or lodger aged around 18 - was found in the kitchen.
There had been a "small fire" in the property but the blaze had gone out before fire fighters and police were alerted.
It is not believed that there was any sign of violence and officers are understood to be working on the theory that the cause of death was smoke inhalation.
Yesterday the two dead women were named locally as Joanne Semple, 36, Kelly Taylor, 28.
The identity of the third victim, an 18-year-old male is not known but it is believed he had only recently moved in with the women.
The alarm was raised after Joanne's mum had not heard from her daughter for a few days and visited her home in east Leeds.
But when she arrived she saw the windows were blackened and couldn't get anyone to come to the door.
The worried and "devastated" mum dialled 999 and alerted police and fire fighters.
When the emergency services arrived at 11.46m on Sunday they forced entry and found two women dead in the lounge and a man dead in the kitchen.
There had been a fire on the premises which is thought to have started in the lounge. Locals yesterday told how they believed one of the girls suffered mental health issues and the police were often called to the premises.
"The police were always there," one local, who did not wish to be named, said.
"There was a lot of shouting and carrying on from the house. There were a lot of rows.
"They had problems and used to drink a lot. They'd just got one of those mini motorbikes and had been driving it up and down the street."
Neighbour Sylvia Atikinson, 56, knew one of the women to say hello to.
"She was a nice young girl, very polite," she said.
"All I have heard is that there was a small fire in the house. To hear that three people have died... you can't imagine it."
Another local said she saw one of the women putting the washing out on Friday and they said hello to each other but she hadn't seen them since.
A statement from West Yorkshire police released today said: "At 11.46am today, police received a call raising concerns for the occupants of an address in East Park Street, East End Park, Leeds.
"Police, fire and ambulance attended the terraced house and found three bodies that are believed to be two women and a man. "
"A scene is currently in place at the property and enquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances."
Acting Detective Inspector Mark Atkinson, of Leeds District CID, said: "Our enquiries are at a very early stage and we are currently trying to establish the full circumstances surrounding the deaths. Initial indications are there has been a small fire at the premises.
"Forensic post mortems will be held to establish how the three people found inside the property have died.
"We believe the deaths are likely to have occurred in the early hours of Saturday and we would like to hear from anyone who has seen the occupants of the address on Friday."
Another man, who didn't wish to be named, said: "Two woman and a man live there. They have two excitable dogs.
"I don't know who they are though."
A forensic tent was set up in the garden of the red-bricked end terrace house and part of the road was sealed off.
Resident Jim Andrews, 25, said: "The first I knew about was when we came out a dinner time and couldn't get down the street.
"There were three fire engines, a first response vehicle an ambulance and what looked like about eight police vehicles.
"It was a bit of an impact when we heard, I just hope there is no kids."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Leeds District CID at Elland Road via 101 quoting log number 538 or March 27.
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