Teenage mother cremated in same coffin as her newborn baby after funeral service for three generations of same family killed in house fire

Kim, Kayleigh and Kimberley Buckley were cremated today in Gwent



Hundreds of mourners turn out to attend the funeral - including the firefighters who tried to save them

Baby Kimberley had been brought home from hospital for just six hours before she was killed in the blaze



Three generations of the same family killed in an arson attack had a triple funeral service today - with the teenage mother and her young baby in the same coffin.

Kayleigh Buckley, 17, and her daughter Kimberley, six months, died in the blaze along with the baby’s grandmother Kim Buckley, 46.

More than 800 people attended the funeral of the three generations of the same family in Cwmbran, South Wales.

Hundreds of mourners attended the service at St Gabriel's Church in Cwmbran, where the coffin of Kayleigh Buckley was brought in (pictured)

The funeral took place for Kim, Kayleigh and Kimberley Buckley, who all died in a house fire in Cwmbran, south Wales

The coffin of Kim Buckley is carried by mourners, who are all devastated that the grandmother was killed hours after welcoming her granddaughter home

Relatives said it was fitting that Kayleigh and Kimblerley were laid in the same coffin covered in cream flowers for the service.

The new mum had just celebrated Kimberley’s homecoming from hospital after being born three months prematurely at just 1lb 9ozs when fire ripped through their home.

The tiny baby had been brought home just six hours before the blaze began.

Kayleigh visited her surviving baby every day in hospital for five months until the child was allowed out for the first time.

In a Facebook message last week Kayleigh said: 'She is 11lbs 3oz. Getting excited now. Could be home soon but not saying until she is home. Don’t want to jinx it.'

Congratulations banners were hung from the family home and there was a little party for family and friends on Monday night when they finally brought Kayleigh home.

The house was set on fire around 3am the next morning as the family slept.

People nearby heard Kayleigh screaming: ‘Help, us, help us’ as the fire ripped through the family home. Firefighters found their bodies shortly afterwards.

The funeral was attended by firefighters who battled to save the family when the flames tore through their home last month.

Pictured here is Kayleigh Buckley & baby Kimberley Buckley, who both died in the blaze that swept through their home

Many of the mourners wore red in honour of football fan Kim¿s love of Liverpool

Blaze: Fire damage can be seen on the roof of the semi-detached home as well as smoke marks on the wall

Police investigating the deaths were also at the service at St Gabriel’s Church in Cwmbran.

Afterwards the cremation took place at Gwent Crematorium.

Many of the mourners wore red in honour of soccer fan Kim’s love of Liverpool.

Father Michael Phillips, Rector of Cwmbran, told the mourners: 'We simply cannot believe what has happened - it was all so sudden.

'Our hearts are filled with justifiable anger and with questions as to why.

The Right Reverend Dominic Walker, Bishop of Monmouth, added: 'Kayleigh was a shy, but loving girl, who together with her mum was overjoyed to become a mum herself.

'Her baby Kimberly fought bravely for many months until strong enough to come home to a house filled with balloons.

'Within hours it all, through the fire, ended in tragedy.'

The service sung a number of hymns including Abide With Me, Love Divine, Guide me O Thou Great Redeemer, All Things Bright and Beautiful.

The family asked for donations to be sent to the Special Care Baby Unit at the Royal Gwent Hospital were Kayleigh gave birth to little Kimberley.