The fire started in the attic bedroom of the newly built home where Kate Mulcahy, 37, was sleeping alone after separating from husband John.

The fire started in the attic bedroom of the newly built home where Kate Mulcahy, 37, was sleeping alone after separating from husband John.

A mother-of-four died in a ferocious blaze at her £1.2m home despite her husband climbing up the drainpipe in a desperate bid to save her, an inquest heard.