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| Honiton triple-death blaze 'started by child' | Honiton triple-death blaze 'started by child' |
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| Two teenagers and a toddler were killed in a house fire started by another child who was playing with a lighter, an inquest has heard. | Two teenagers and a toddler were killed in a house fire started by another child who was playing with a lighter, an inquest has heard. |
| Rosie Bennellick, 17, her boyfriend Andy Gunn, 18, and her brother Harvey Bennellick, three, died when the property was engulfed in flames. | Rosie Bennellick, 17, her boyfriend Andy Gunn, 18, and her brother Harvey Bennellick, three, died when the property was engulfed in flames. |
| The inquest in Exeter heard that three smoke alarms at the council house in Honiton, Devon, had been disabled. | The inquest in Exeter heard that three smoke alarms at the council house in Honiton, Devon, had been disabled. |
| Five other people in the house escaped the fire, on 5 April 2013. | Five other people in the house escaped the fire, on 5 April 2013. |
| Later, the inquest will be played a recorded interview given by a six-year-old child, referred to only as Child D. | Later, the inquest will be played a recorded interview given by a six-year-old child, referred to only as Child D. |
| The mother of two of the victims, Miz Bennellick, said the little boy came into their room and said: "I have done something bad." | |
| Ms Bennellick said: "I immediately woke up. I said what have you done? He said there is a fire." | |
| She and three children fled the house while husband Sean tried to rescue the two teenagers and toddler who were still in their upstairs bedroom. | |
| 'Tragic case' | |
| But he was beaten back by the intense heat before fire crews pulled the critically injured children from the house. | |
| Ms Bennellick said: "I was screaming, panicking, I was screaming Rosie's name. They were still in the property." | |
| Rosie and hotel worker Mr Gunn, who lived in Bishopsteignton, Devon, died the next day in an Exeter hospital. Harvey died the following day in a Bristol hospital. | |
| There were three smokers in the house but Ms Bennellick said in a statement that they had strict rules in the house "not to leave lighters lying around". | |
| The inquest heard that in the year before the tragedy Child D had been caught setting fire to some paper in their garden. | |
| The family said a week before the blaze the fire alarms all became faulty. |