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| Funeral for family killed in fire | Funeral for family killed in fire |
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| The funeral has taken place of an entire family killed in a house fire in South Yorkshire. | The funeral has taken place of an entire family killed in a house fire in South Yorkshire. |
| Mark Colley, 29 and his pregnant wife Michelle, 25, were killed along with their son Lewis, three, in the blaze in South Street, Highfields, Doncaster. | Mark Colley, 29 and his pregnant wife Michelle, 25, were killed along with their son Lewis, three, in the blaze in South Street, Highfields, Doncaster. |
| Their five-year-old daughter Sophie died in hospital two days after the fire last month. | Their five-year-old daughter Sophie died in hospital two days after the fire last month. |
| The funeral service was held at Doncaster Minster. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. | The funeral service was held at Doncaster Minster. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. |
| Family 'devastated' | |
| At the service Reverend Stephen Gardner said: "What happened on the night of 29 March is truly a tragedy that has changed our world forever. | At the service Reverend Stephen Gardner said: "What happened on the night of 29 March is truly a tragedy that has changed our world forever. |
| "Words like tragedy and disaster are often bandied around in our world. | "Words like tragedy and disaster are often bandied around in our world. |
| "We have grown accustomed to seeing images of death and destruction on our television screens, of reading in our papers of the latest tragedy to overwhelm a community. | "We have grown accustomed to seeing images of death and destruction on our television screens, of reading in our papers of the latest tragedy to overwhelm a community. |
| The children's white coffins were adorned with flowers | |
| "Yet when it happens on your watch, on your patch, in your parish, in your street, to your friends, to your family, to you those words take on a whole new meaning." | "Yet when it happens on your watch, on your patch, in your parish, in your street, to your friends, to your family, to you those words take on a whole new meaning." |
| In an earlier statement, Lewis and Sophie's grandparents said: "Mark and Michelle were wonderful parents and gave us wonderful grandchildren. | In an earlier statement, Lewis and Sophie's grandparents said: "Mark and Michelle were wonderful parents and gave us wonderful grandchildren. |
| "This has been devastating for us as a family and we do not know how we will be able to rebuild our lives. | "This has been devastating for us as a family and we do not know how we will be able to rebuild our lives. |
| "It is times like this that community spirit comes to the top and the people of Highfields did not let the family down." | "It is times like this that community spirit comes to the top and the people of Highfields did not let the family down." |