Mum died in Valleys house fire after leaving chip pan on, inquest told

A young mother was tragically killed in a house fire when a chip pan was left on a cooker after she returned from a night out.

An inquest heard Abbie Bloodworth, 19, died after a blaze broke out at her Rhondda home.

Abbie had been drinking on an evening out in August with her father - leaving her daughter Chantelle, three, in the care of her mother.

But the alarm was raised when Abbie failed to pick up her daughter the next morning.

She was discovered slumped over the sofa and pronounced dead at her home in Cwmparc, near Treorchy.

Her cause of death was the inhalation of products of combustion with alcohol intoxication a contributing factor.

Abbie's mother, Samantha Dorricot, said she warned her not to use the cooker after an incident a few years ago when Abbie had left a pizza in the oven overnight.

Fire investigating officer Dean Lowder said that there were two working smoke alarms in the house - but a closed door to the hallway prevented them from detecting the danger.

He wished to emphasise the importance of installing heat detectors in kitchens, stating that they work off temperature rather than smoke.

Coroner Andrew Barkley concluded Abbie's cause of death as 'accidental contributed to by alcohol'.

Abbie's mother, who has tragically lost two other daughters aged 21 and 15, described Abbie as 'her rock', and that she will 'miss her deeply'.

"She was a fabulous and loving mother to her three-year-old daughter Chantelle," she added.

"She was kind, funny and had a heart-of-gold."