Stroud Boxing Day fire victims named as bodies recovered
A mother and her two young children killed in a house fire on Boxing Day have been named locally.
Seven-year-old Eve, four-year-old Ohner and their mother Fionnghuala Shearman died after a while The fire engulfed the Cotswold mid-terrace house on Brimscombe Hill in Stroud at around 03:00 GMT on Friday.
Their father, a Gloucestershire Constabulary officer, escaped from the burning house and tried to get back inside multiple times to save his family.
Miss Shearman’s body was found on Sunday and Gloucestershire Police Interim Chief Constable Maggie Blyth confirmed on Tuesday that the bodies of both the children and the family dog had been found.
While the house became completely unusable in the fire, the roof and stairs of the stone hut collapsed.
Ms Blyth added: “I would particularly like to thank our public – our communities across Gloucestershire – who have shown such compassion and kindness to me, my officers and staff over the last 24 hours and especially over the last few days.
“This kindness and compassion from the public has truly enabled our workforce to continue providing services this Christmas and New Year period, at a time when such a terrible tragedy has sent shockwaves through the organisation.
“I and the entire organization will continue to support our officer and his family during what continues to be a very, very difficult time at a very, very difficult time of the year.
“We are in very close contact with him,” he added.
