A "kind" and "bubbly" mum-of-two died in a house fire after a child set a cuddly toy alight while playing, an inquest has heard. Chloe Doggett, 28, died in hospital three days after firefighters pulled her from the burning building in Tonypandy.
Assistant coroner Gaynor Kynaston reached a conclusion of accidental death during Wednesday's inquest at Pontypridd Coroners' Court. The court heard that nine people had been in the three-storey terraced house on September 21 last year, including Ms Doggett and a man who were in one of the top-floor bedrooms. A child playing in one of the other bedrooms on the top floor had used a lighter to set fire to a toy before the blaze spread rapidly across the home, the inquest heard. Ms Doggett was the only person inside unable to run out and she later died of a brain injury.
Her mum Emma Doggett said after the hearing: "She was just the most kind person who would do anything and help anyone. She would not see anyone struggle. She was really bubbly and went through a lot with her children through no fault of her own. She was a good mother."
