Man dies after escaping house fire

A man has died after escaping from a serious house fire in his home in Bentilee which started on the evening of 17th December.

Mr Maskery, father of four, suffered serious injuries in the blaze but was led to safety by neighbours. A postmortem revealed that he suffered a heart attack and renal failure but the cause of death was septic shock, which was caused by 30 per cent burns. He died on 4th January at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham.

Mr Maskerys partner is also seriously ill in hospital.  One of the children suffered minor burns and the other three escaped unhurt after hearing the fire alarm.

The local school, friend and neighbours have raised over £1,300 to help the family. The schools business manager, Louise Brammer has said “We’ve got a fantastic multi-agency support network to help the children.  We can identify through experience what they might need. The teachers are close to all the children”.