"The father has smashed his way out of the house through a bathroom window in order to try to access the children's bedroom via the outside. He has been unable to enter the property via that bedroom window. He has then tried to re-enter the property through the bathroom window, by which stage the fire has taken hold in the bathroom and he's unable to get back into the upstairs bedrooms."
"Emergency services were called to a mid-terrace Cotswold stone cottage on Brimscombe Hill, near Stroud, Gloucestershire, at about 3am. Gloucestershire Police said the father, who survived the blaze, was a serving officer with the force. Detective Superintendent Ian Fletcher told reporters outside Gloucestershire Police HQ said the mother and father had been awoken by the fire and had attempted to reach their children in the rear bedroom."
Fionnghuala Shearman (Nu) and her children, seven-year-old Eve and four-year-old Ohner, died in a house fire at a mid-terrace Cotswold stone cottage on Brimscombe Hill near Stroud at about 3am. The father, a serving Gloucestershire police officer, survived but was unable to reach them despite smashing a bathroom window and attempting to force entry; he was taken to hospital. The fire is believed to have started on the ground floor and is not being treated as suspicious. The blaze destroyed the roof, ceilings and stairs and caused significant internal damage while emergency services attended.
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