Funeral for children who died in Stafford house fire announced
The funeral for four children killed in a house fire in Stafford will take place next week.
Riley Holt, aged eight, Keegan Unitt, six, Tilly Rose Unitt, four, and Olly Unitt, three, died in the fire in Sycamore Lane, Highfields, on February 5.
The funeral will take place at Stafford Crematorium on Tuesday. The family have requested privacy at the service, which will be for family and close friends only.
A Staffordshire Police spokesman said: "They have suggested members of the public might wish to show their support by putting teddy bears or similar children’s toys in their windows on Tuesday in memory of the children.
"A procession will progress through Highfields estate from around midday and then on through Silkmore Lane, Radford Bank and Baswich Lane to the crematorium.
"A memorial service is being planned for a future date where the local community will be welcomed."
Inquiries continue into the cause of the fire which led to the tragic deaths of the four children.
Another sibling two-year-old, named locally as Jack, survived the tragedy alongside his 24-year-old mother Natalie Unitt and her 28-year-old partner Chris Moulton, who jumped out of a first-floor window.
A fundraising page, set up in the days after the tragedy, has now raised more than £32,000. More than 1,900 have contributed to the JustGiving page.
