Emmerdale
A 3 year old star of Emmerdale has tragically died after her dress caught alight on a gas fire. Little Sophie Firth, who battled in hospital for nine days, eventually lost her fight due to a blood infection when her organs began to fail. Sophie’s devastated parents said of their “beautiful little girl” they will “carry
their little princess in their arms forever”.
The toddler who played Angelica, daughter of Jimmy & Nicola King on the soap, was playing in her grandmother’s house on 2nd of December when the tragedy happened. Her mother Amy Harhoff desperately tried to save her by smothering the flames in a blanket but unfortunately Sophie sustained 70% burns. She had a skin graft last Friday but developed a blood infection before dying with her parents by her side. Her uncle Mick Harhoff said: “Sophie was such a lovely little girl & she was exceptionally bright. She always used to say that she wanted to be a princess. You do expect that one day you may bury your parents but you never expect to bury a child.”
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