An inquest into the death of an eight-year-old boy who died in house fire has been opened and adjourned.

Liam Blackelock died after fire swept through his home Broome Road, Carrville, Durham, on Tuesday, March 8. His funeral service will be held at St Mary Magdalene Church, High Street, Carrville, at 10.15am tomorrow. Rescue services and medical staff saved his three-year-old brother, Shaun, and mother, Kathryn.