Brentwood residents both young and old will gather in the heart of the town today to mourn the three young brothers killed in the Hutton blaze tragedy.
At 4pm St Thomas' Church in St Thomas Road plays host to a public service of thanksgiving for the short lives of 12-year-old Ricky Emptage, nine-year-old Lewis Emptage and six-year-old Jack Emptage, victims of a blaze on March 29.
The boys' school teachers will offer individual tributes, interspersed by the singing of the hymns specially selected by Lewis and Jack's Long Ridings Primary School classmates.
The surviving brother and sister are being treated in hospital.
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