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Ffair Rhos: Boy, 4, critical after fire killed brother in caravan | Ffair Rhos: Boy, 4, critical after fire killed brother in caravan |
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A four-year-old boy is in a critical but stable condition in hospital following a caravan fire that killed his younger brother. | |
The boy, three, died after a touring caravan and vehicle were destroyed in the blaze early on Sunday morning in Ffair Rhos near Tregaron, Ceredigion. | |
Their father, Shaun Harvey, 28, is in a stable condition in hospital after he escaped the fire with the eldest child. | |
The fire is not being treated as suspicious, Dyfed-Powys Police said. | |
"We are deeply saddened by the events," said community councillor John Jones. | |
"When it happens on your doorstep in a small rural village like this, it's a total shock." | |
I'm around 100 yards away from the site in Ffair Rhos. From here I can see that the caravan seems to be on private land near a house in the middle of the village. | I'm around 100 yards away from the site in Ffair Rhos. From here I can see that the caravan seems to be on private land near a house in the middle of the village. |
There's plenty of police presence there this morning. | There's plenty of police presence there this morning. |
Understandably this morning there's great sadness at Ffair Rhos, a little rural village that's waking up to the news that an innocent little boy has lost his life here. | Understandably this morning there's great sadness at Ffair Rhos, a little rural village that's waking up to the news that an innocent little boy has lost his life here. |
Ted Jones lives near to where the blaze happened and said it was "lucky" there had been any survivors. | Ted Jones lives near to where the blaze happened and said it was "lucky" there had been any survivors. |
"My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out," Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales. | "My neighbour saw the fire and the caravan just went up in flames and they said it was lucky that anyone got out," Mr Jones told BBC Radio Wales. |
"Ffair Rhos is a tiny, quiet little village in rural Ceredigion so it is a big shock to everybody especially when a small child has died." | "Ffair Rhos is a tiny, quiet little village in rural Ceredigion so it is a big shock to everybody especially when a small child has died." |
Emergency services were called to the scene at about 05:30 GMT on Sunday and as well as destroying the caravan and a vehicle, it also damaged an adjacent property. | |
The Welsh Ambulance Service said it sent three ambulances to the scene, taking two patients to Bronglais General Hospital in Aberystwyth. | |
"This was a tragic incident, and we will be doing all we can to find answers for the family, whose world will have been torn apart," said Det Ch Supt Cockwell of Dyfed-Powys Police. | "This was a tragic incident, and we will be doing all we can to find answers for the family, whose world will have been torn apart," said Det Ch Supt Cockwell of Dyfed-Powys Police. |