Overview
- Tom Shearman released a statement via Gloucestershire Constabulary calling his wife Nu, daughter Eve, and son Ohner “three of the greatest humans to ever grace our presence.”
- The GoFundMe set up to support him has surpassed £330,000, and he pledged to carry forward his family's legacies.
- Emergency services were called to a well-established blaze at about 3am on Boxing Day on Brimscombe Hill near Stroud.
- Shearman, a serving Gloucestershire police officer, tried to reach his children during the fire, was treated in hospital, then discharged; the family dog, Hutch, also died.
- Police say investigations continue, believe the fire started on the ground floor, and are not treating the incident as suspicious.