Teenage girl died after bed was set alight with lighter, inquest hears

Layla Allen was pronounced dead at the scene (Family handout) -

A 13-year-old girl tragically died after her bed was “set on fire with a lighter”, an inquest has heard.

Layla Allen was asleep when her bunk bed became engulfed by flames on April 2 last year, and was declared dead at the scene of the blaze in Prescot, Merseyside.