Ms Jones has joined local volunteers to prepare soup for the emergency workers.
“It’s absolutely devastating, the word shocked gets bandied about but we don’t know what to think, what to say,” she said.
“There’s a real need from everyone I’ve spoken to be together, to want to be together and to support each other,” she added.
“There really aren’t any words to describe how impossible it is, how deep the shock is and how hard it is to process, I think it’s going to take a lot of time and a lot of support and talking to each other.”
Holy Trinity Church in Brimscombe will also remain open to allow people to “grieve together” in the wake of the “terrible tragedy,” Rev Peter Francis told the BBC.
A fundraiser set up to financially support Mr Shearman and help him rebuild has so far reached more than £300,000.
Out of respect, nearby Burleigh Court has cancelled its New Year’s Eve fireworks display and will instead make a donation in support of the family.
Work will now take place to make the building safe to enable Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service to investigate the cause of the fire.
However, police have confirmed that there are no suspicious circumstances around the blaze’s cause.