The inquest starts today into the deaths of a Poolefirefighter and his colleague during a fire in Southampton 2 years ago.

Dad of 2 James Shears who was 35 and 38 year old Alan Bannon died while tackling the blaze in a 9th floor flat at Shirley towers on April the 6th 2010.

A post mortem found they had both been overcome byheat.

The inquest is expected to last 4 weeks.