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The fire killed Fionnghuala Shearman, 38, and her children Eve, seven, and Ohner, four, at their home in Brimscombe in the early hours of 26 December 2025.
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An inquest has heard that an electrical ignition source probably started the Boxing Day house fire in Gloucestershire that killed Fionnghuala Shearman and her two young children.
The coroner recorded all three deaths as accidental, with the cause of death given as exposure to the combustion products of fire.
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