TRIBUTES have been paid to the "best dad in the world" who died with coronavirus just weeks after his Deeside home was gutted by a fire.
Father-of-two Mark Bowen, 52, died on January 19 days after he was discharged from hospital following a battle with coronavirus.
Mark, along with his daughter Samantha and her two young children, had to flee their house in Connah's Quay when a fire ripped through their home in late November.
The blaze - the cause of which remains unknown - devastated the property, destroying most of the family's possessions.
After spending a short time living with relatives, the family moved into temporary accommodation in Shotton while Flintshire Council carried out repairs to their permanent home on Dodds Drive.