A devastating house fire in Cambridge has claimed the lives of a mother and her two young children, with investigators pointing to a charging electric bike as the most likely cause of the tragic incident. Gemma Germeney, 31, along with her four-year-old son Oliver Peden and eight-year-old daughter Lilly Peden, perished in the blaze that occurred at their two-story maisonette on Friday.
The children’s father, Scott Peden, who managed to escape the burning building, remains in critical condition in the hospital. Neighbors have hailed him as a hero for his courageous efforts to rescue his family when the fire broke out around 1 a.m.