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Fire related deaths

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• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a child >> Alison - Interview 23 >> Alison went to her house, and then waited in the pub for news of her children. She did not know if they were dead or alive. It felt surreal.

In 2007 Alison’s husband and two of her young children died in their own home. Alison believes that her husband murdered her children and then set fire to the house. He also died. It has been a terrible time.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a parent >> Sally - Interview 14 >> Sally wished that she had not identified her mother’s body because she had been burnt in a fire and Sally was very upset by her appearance.

Sally’s mother died in 2007. Her flat caught fire, probably due to a cigarette which had not been put out. Her mother may have been a bit drowsy due to an overdose of pain killers, which may have led to the accident. Sally and her family were devastated.

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Publication date: 26th November 2009  

Last reviewed: October 2011

Review date: October 2013

 

We interviewed 40 people bereaved by a traumatic death. Some had been bereaved recently, others years ago. To find out about their experiences and the issues that affected them select from the topics below or choose from the 'Full list of topics' to explore all the topics covered.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Fire related deaths >> Fire related deaths

Fire related deaths

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a child >> Alison - Interview 23 >> Alison went to her house, and then waited in the pub for news of her children. She did not know if they were dead or alive. It felt surreal.

In 2007 Alison’s husband and two of her young children died in their own home. Alison believes that her husband murdered her children and then set fire to the house. He also died. It has been a terrible time.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a parent >> Sally - Interview 14 >> Sally’s mother had died in a fire, and she wishes she had said more to her mother about cigarette butts causing fires.

Sally’s mother died in 2007. Her flat caught fire, probably due to a cigarette which had not been put out. Her mother may have been a bit drowsy due to an overdose of pain killers, which may have led to the accident. Sally and her family were devastated.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a parent >> Karen - Interview 04 >> Karen's mother's house was on fire. Karen went there in the middle of the night, but learnt that the firemen couldn't get her out.

In 2007 Karen’s mother died when her house caught fire. It is unclear how the fire started, but the coroner decided it was an accidental death. Karen was shocked by her mother’s death. She has been helped and supported by her husband and his family.

• Dying & bereavement >> Bereavement due to traumatic death >> Lost a child >> Alison - Interview 23 >> In the middle of the night Alison heard that the house where her children and estranged husband were sleeping was on fire.

In 2007 Alison’s husband and two of her young children died in their own home. Alison believes that her husband murdered her children and then set fire to the house. He also died. It has been a terrible time.