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Lydia Chantler-Hicks

Fire that killed mum and two young children started by charging e-bike

A fire that killed a mother and two young children in Cambridge on Friday was caused by an electric bike that was charging at the property.

Gemma Germeney, 31, died at the scene of the “devastating” blaze in Sackville Close, King’s Hedges, on Friday morning, while her children Lilly Peden, eight, and Oliver Peden, four, later died in hospital.

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