BRITAIN: Mother mourns partner and three children killed in blaze.THE mother of three children killed in an arson attack on their home attended a special church service yesterday to pray for them. Amanda Carter's daughters, Samantha and Patricia, her son, Marcus, and her partner, Roderick Hine, died late on Thursday when their semi-detached house in Cheddleton, Staffordshire, became engulfed in flames. Initial post-mortem results show all four had suffered fatal carbon monoxide poisoning Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Definition Carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning occurs when carbon monoxide gas is inhaled. CO is a colorless, odorless, highly poisonous gas that is produced by incomplete combustion. after breathing in smoke, said police. Ms Carter, supported by relatives and friends, joined a 200-strong congregation at St Edward the Confessor Edward the Confessor, d. 1066, king of the English (1042–66), son of Æthelred the Unready and his Norman wife, Emma. After the Danish conquest (1013–16) of England, Edward grew up at the Norman court, although his mother returned to England and Church, in Cheddleton, to pray for her children, aged 16,10 and seven, and Mr Hine, 44. In his sermon, vicar of Cheddleton, Rev Martin Leigh urged the community "to reach out to one another" as it attempted to come to terms with the tragedy. Local authority building inspectors were examining the fire-stricken building, in Hillside Road, to give Staffordshire Police the go-ahead for forensic tests. Detectives continue to question a 31-year-old man from Leek leek: see onion. leek Hardy, vigorous, biennial plant (Allium porrum) of the lily family, native to the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East. It has a mild, sweet, onionlike flavour. in connection with the blaze. CAPTION(S): Amanda Carter leaving St Edward the Confessor Church, in Cheddleton where a service had been held to pray for her partner and children, who died in a fire at their home |
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