A family has paid tribute to a woman who tragically died in a housefire.
Rebecca Foster, 32, died on Wednesday, December 14 after a fire took place at her home on Delph Lane, Cheshire, in the early hours of Monday, December 12. Meanwhile, her fiance, Kieran Naylor, 33, is at Whiston Hospital in critical condition.
It was previously reported that firefighters were called to the blaze on Monday in the early hours of the morning at around 12.43am. Crews on the scene found the house "well alight on the ground floor" with six firefighters wearing breathing apparatus fighting the fire with four hose reel jets.
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Rebecca’s family said: “Rebecca was a loving and caring daughter and our lives have been absolutely torn apart by her death. She and Kieran made the perfect couple, and the pair were planning to spend the rest of their lives together, but sadly they will never be able to fulfil their dreams.
“We would like to thank everyone who tried to help Rebecca and Kieran on the night of the fire for all their efforts and would ask that we are left to grieve in peace at this difficult time.”
Cheshire Constabulary has confirmed that investigations into what caused the fire are still ongoing. Police added that the fire is not believed to be suspicious
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