Woman, 37, 'who told partner she was going to the shops' found dead at home after tragedy

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An ex-soldier died in a fire at her Wigan home after a drinking session, an inquest heard. The chip pan was left unattended on the hob and it turned the kitchen into an inferno and filled the house with thick black smoke.

Catherine Campbell, 37, had told her partner she was going out to get something to eat following a drinking session in Wigan town centre. READ MORE: Drunk HGV driver spotted 'swerving across lanes' on M6 - then nearly went wrong way over roundabout Partner Natalie Bamber had gone upstairs of the home in St James Grove, Poolstock, to 'have a sleep', and when she woke to the sound of 'crackling' with house filling with smoke, she assumed Catherine, a former Army soldier, was still out.