A young mother from Newport died after suffering serious burns in a garden fire, in inquest opening has heard. Katie Louise Marshall had placed a black bin bag on the fire, but there was a paint cannister in the bag that exploded.
The 32-year-old, of Vaughan Williams Drive, Newport, suffered burns to around 50 per cent of her body, the inquest at Newport Coroners’ Court heard.
Ms Marshall was first taken to to the Grange University Hospital before being transferred to Morriston Hospital’s specialist burns unit in Swansea after the fire on June 26 this year,
The inquest was told that she started showing significant respiratory failure and was transferred to Bristol Royal Infirmary. Sadly, she died around two months following the incident, on September 24. Read more here.
Katie Louise Marshall, 32, died from injuries suffered in a fire(Image: Facebook)
