Inquiry ends at fire deaths hotel

Three people died in the fire

Police and fire officers have finished their examination at the site of the gutted Penhallow Hotel in Newquay.

They will now hand over responsibility for the building to the local authority, while investigators continue to search for the cause of the blaze.

Three people died in the fire on 18 August - two are still unidentified.

One victim, who jumped from the hotel window, was named as Peter Hughes, 43, from Cheslyn Hay in Staffordshire. His elderly mother is missing, feared dead.

Monica Hughes accompanied her schoolteacher son at the hotel and has not been seen since the blaze.

Mr Hughes was heard by a witness saying he could not move his mother, before he died from toxic fumes inhalation.

Police say efforts to identify the two sets of human remains found in the debris of the blaze are continuing.

They say they have had a good response from the public in relation to their appeal for photos or videos of the fire, but are still looking for more people to get in touch.