Fiona Gibson: Last News

An ‘idiot’ who sparked fears of a similar fire which killed three children after starting a blaze has been jailed for three years - writes Grant McCabe.

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It has been revealed that a cigarette lighter was the source of a fatal house fire that killed three children in Paisley almost two years ago.

Join thousands of others who have signed up for the Daily Record newsletter.Families across Paisley will this afternoon be able to pay their respects to three youngsters who died in a house fire.The final route of the funeral cortege for the Gibson children has been confirmed.Fiona Gibson and siblings Alexander James and Philip lost their lives after their Renfrew Road home was engulfed by flames on June 26.Cars carrying the children, aged 12, eight and five, will take in large parts of the town ahead of a private service this afternoon.Their parents Alex Gibson and Julie Daley, who was also seriously injured in the fire, have asked all those who wish to pay their respects to line the route wearing bright clothing and to clap quietly as

Father’s Day visit to the gutted family home on Sunday.Devastated Alex Gibson was in tears as he kneeled down to look at tributes left outside the flat for his three “little angels”.Fiona Gibson, 12, and her brothers Alexander James, eight, and five-year-old Philip passed away after a blaze ripped through an upper cottage flat in Renfrew Road, Paisley, on Friday night.The children’s mum, Julie Daley, 39, remained in a critical condition in the intensive care unit at Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital on Sunday.Alex, his face soaked with tears, returned briefly to the scene of the tragedy yesterday afternoon to see what little was left of the home that had brought him so much happiness over the years.He kneeled down at the floral tributes to