Schoolgirl, 13, dies on top bunk after her bed was ‘set on fire with a lighter’
Layla Allen, a Year 8 pupil at St Edmund Arrowsmith School in Whiston, was killed when the fire broke out at her Prescot home on April 2 last year
Layla Allen, 13, was killed a house fire on Kingsway in Prescot(Image: )
A 13-year-old girl tragically died after a devastating fire tore through her bunk bed whilst she slept.
Layla Allen, a Year 8 student at St Edmund Arrowsmith School in Whiston, died when flames erupted at her Prescot home on April 2 last year.
Emergency services rushed to the family residence on Kingsway, Prescot, at about 11.40pm. They found Layla’s parents, Shaun Allen and Michelle McGurry, outside the property alongside her five siblings – however, Layla remained trapped inside.
Firefighters forced entry and located the 13-year-old on the top bunk of a bunk bed in her bedroom, situated at the rear of the house on the first floor. Her condition was described as “not compatible with life” and she was tragically declared dead at the scene.
During today’s inquest, coroner Anita Bhardwaj stated: “Police were unable to interview the other children present in the house, and what police have said in effect is that they had been prevented from gathering further evidence, and without statements from all parties present they cannot rule out anything.
Bouquets of flowers, cards and teddy bears left in memory of Layla(Image: Liverpool Echo)
