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| Firefighters find body of 13-year-old boy after blaze in shed | Firefighters find body of 13-year-old boy after blaze in shed |
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| The body of a teenage boy has been found by firefighters after a blaze broke out in a shed. | The body of a teenage boy has been found by firefighters after a blaze broke out in a shed. |
| The 13-year-old, who has been named locally as Jack Sheldon, was found after firefighters extinguished the fire, in Campsall in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on Thursday night. | The 13-year-old, who has been named locally as Jack Sheldon, was found after firefighters extinguished the fire, in Campsall in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, on Thursday night. |
| A South Yorkshire police spokesman said two fire crews had attended the blaze. He added: “Once the fire was extinguished a body was found within the shed, believed to be that of a 13-year-old male. | A South Yorkshire police spokesman said two fire crews had attended the blaze. He added: “Once the fire was extinguished a body was found within the shed, believed to be that of a 13-year-old male. |
| “Formal identification has not yet taken place and a joint investigation by South Yorkshire fire and rescue and South Yorkshire police is under way to establish the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident.” | “Formal identification has not yet taken place and a joint investigation by South Yorkshire fire and rescue and South Yorkshire police is under way to establish the circumstances surrounding this tragic incident.” |
| It is understood the schoolboy lived with his mother, Carlie Swatten, 32, and younger brother Lewis. | |
| A solitary police car and fire investigation van stood outside the yellow brick semi-detached house. A black tarpaulin covered the shed in the back garden. | |
| A floral tribute outside the property read: “We are all thinking of you. There are no words that can be spoken. Just know that we share your sorrow.” | |
| A neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said: “I was out last night when it happened. I know they kept a motorbike and petrol in the shed. | |
| “I spoke to his mum last night and they aren’t coping with what happened.” | |
| It is believed that the teenager had been filling up his bike with petrol in the shed when the fire started. | |
| Another neighbour described seeing flames, saying: “It was my dogs that alerted the fire to me first around 8.30pm. | |
| “The flames were above the trees and I could hear all this crackling and popping. I didn’t hear any screaming but I heard voices later on that I assume was the police or fire investigators.” | |
| Jack’s friends paid tribute to him on social media. One wrote: “RIP jack son you meant the world to me and many others, things just aren’t going to be the same without you. You were taken way too soon and you will always be missed I love you son.” | |
| She later posted: “Basically was filling his bike up with petrol in a shed and sommets happened lit it on fire and he couldn’t get out x” | |
| A female friend wrote: “Rest in paradise jack, known you soooo long and thats the worst news ever, one of my best friends ever – gone but never forgotten, taken too young. love you always xxxxx” | |
| Another friend posted: “Will be missed dearly.” |