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Tasmanian coroner finds 2017 deaths of sisters Ruby and Shanzel Brewer, near Launceston, were an ‘avoidable tragedy’
A Tasmanian coroner has described the death of two sisters in a shed fire in 2017 as an “indescribable, but avoidable tragedy”.
Key points:
- A Tasmanian coroner has handed down his findings into the deaths of Ruby and Shanzel Brewer
- The sisters died after the shed they were sleeping in caught fire
- Coroner Simon Cooper said the most likely cause was an electrical fault
Ruby Brewer and her sister Shanzel were just 13 and 11 years old when the shed they were sleeping in caught fire and burnt to the ground.
At the time of their deaths, the girls were living on a 3.1-hectare rural block in Turners Marsh, north of Launceston.
The block of land was owned by Kristy Seymour, who had built the shed in 2009 with her then-partner Shaun Holden. They did…
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