The house fire that killed a mother and her two children on Boxing Day likely started in the living room after electrical devices were left plugged in, an inquest heard.
Fionnghuala Shearman, 38, known as Nu, and her children, Eve, seven, and four-year-old Ohner, were killed last year when the blaze destroyed their home in Brimscombe, near Stroud, Gloucestershire.
The mother’s police officer husband Tom Shearman tried to rescue his wife and children but was forced back by the severity of the flames. The family’s dog Hutch also died.
Emergency services were called to the mid-terrace Cotswold stone cottage at about 3am after the
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