Teen Jailed For Life Over Sibling Fire Deaths

A teenager has been jailed for life for the manslaughter of four siblings who died in a house fire in Lancashire.

Dyson Allen, 19, must serve a minimum of nine years and three months for starting the fire in Freckleton which killed four-year-olds Holly and Ella Smith and their two-year-old brother Jordan.

Their elder brother Reece, 19, died after he was overcome by fumes as he tried to rescue them. All four died from the effects of smoke inhalation during the blaze in January last year.

The charred remains of the bedroom where the children died

Allen was among a number of the teenager's friends who were regular visitors to the house in Lytham Road. 

On the night of the fire there had been a party to celebrate the birthday of the children's mother, Michelle Smith.

The court heard Allen had spent the day drinking vodka and smoking cannabis.

Ms Smith, 37, said she said remembered the lights going off and then Allen jumped down the stairs and shouted "Fire" before he ran through the kitchen and out of the back door.

Reece Smith (L) died trying to save his brothers and sisters

He was convicted in July of manslaughter having been cleared of their murders. Judge Mr Justice Males said Allen had a history of "playing with fire" and had lied during the trial "to save his own skin".

Jailing him, Mr Justice Males said Allen posed a "serious risk to the public" but added Allen had no motive to harm the children or anyone in the Smith family.

He said: "So why did you do it? In one sense, what prompted you to do this terrible thing - not only starting a fire in a room where defenceless young children were asleep but waiting for several minutes before raising the alarm - is a mystery.

"But in another sense, why you did it seems clear enough. It was because you were out of your head due to the lethal combination of alcohol and cannabis which you had taken that day and because of your fascination with fire, particularly when you are affected by drink or drugs.

"But although you were intoxicated, you were not so intoxicated that you did not know what you were doing."

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