A six-year-old girl tragically died from severe burns after accidentally setting her dress on fire while playing with a cigarette lighter in her father's house.
An inquest heard that Keira-Leigh Garland suffered more than 66 per cent burns to her body after her flimsy cotton dress caught fire.
She was taken to Alder Hey children's hospital but despite medical staff battling to save her life, she died 19 days later from complications arising from the horrendous injuries she suffered.
Keira-Leigh Garland suffered more than 66 per cent burns to her body after her flimsy cotton dress caught fire while she was playing with a lighter she found in her father's home in New Brighton, Wirral. She was taken to Alder Hey children's hospital but sadly died from complications 19 days later
Liverpool coroner Andre Rebello said it was thew responsibility of anyone who buys or holds a lighter to 'keep children safe' from the potential dangers after the tragedy.
The inquest was told that Keira-Leigh's parents had separated and she was brought up by her paternal grandmother at her home in Dalmorton Road, New Brighton, Wirral.
But the accident happened when she was visiting her father, Sam Garland, who lived in a flat with his girlfriend and her four-year-old son in a multiple occupancy house in Dalmorton Road.
The inquest heard that concerns had been raised before the tragedy on April 16 about the number of cigarette lighters scattered about the property - which was divided into flats and bedsits.
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