Five other relatives were rescued from the fire in which the girls died

Laura Meadows, seven, and her aunt Mary Meadows, 13, were killed when flames broke out in the early hours after the celebrations on 31 October.

Five other relatives, including three children, were rescued from the house on Corporation Road, Weymouth, Dorset.

Loved-ones paid their final respects to the schoolgirls at a service on Portland on Monday.

Peter and Jacqueline Meadows, Mary's parents and Laura's grandparents, earlier described the girls as "loved by everybody".

Laura went everywhere that Mary went. They were inseparable Peter Meadows

Mr Meadows, a caretaker at a caravan site in Weymouth, said: "Mary was always laughing and jolly. If anyone wanted help, she would give it. She was always raising money for good causes."

"Laura was always very helpful and went everywhere that Mary went. They were inseparable."

Mary, who was a keen musician and singer, was a pupil at All Saints Church of England School in Wyke Regis and a helper at St Andrew's Church Sunday school on Portland.

Laura, described as "friendly and bubbly", was a pupil at St Andrew's Infant School in Weymouth and attended the same Sunday school.

A five-year-old boy, a seven-year-old girl, an eight-year-old girl, their 25-year-old mother and 27-year-old father were all treated in hospital for injuries sustained in the fire.

A Dorset police spokesman said: "The fire is not being treated as suspicious, although investigations on behalf of Her Majesty's coroner are still ongoing."