Mother ‘tried to save daughter’

Michelle and Courtenay ThomasMichelle Thomas and Courtenay, four, died last September

The deaths of a mother and daughter in a fire at their house in Swansea were accidental, an inquest has ruled.

Michelle Thomas, 32, was at home with her three sons and her four-year-old daughter Courtenay when fire broke out at the property in Townhill.

Mrs Thomas’s sons aged 15, 12, and nine, survived the blaze last September.

Verdicts of accidental death were recorded at the Swansea inquest.

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