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image captionBarrie Green s home was destroyed in a fire that killed his partner Vera Brewer
A woman with dementia who died after a house fire had inadvertently lit a gas ring on a hob, an inquest has found.
Vera Brewer, 73, died in hospital on Christmas Eve 2019, a day after a fire at her home on Linby Avenue, Mansfield.
Her daughter had told social services when left alone, Ms Brewer had been observed to turn on the gas, Nottingham Coroner s Court heard.
Assistant coroner Gordon Clow said the fire could not have been predicted . [It] started at the family home as a result of [Ms] Brewer having inadvertently lit a ring on the gas hob which caused a chip pan to ignite, he said.
Fire which killed Mansfield pensioner started after she accidentally turned on gas hob
She died on Christmas Eve last year
19:54, 15 DEC 2020
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Police and fire crews at a house in Linby Avenue, Mansfield, after a fire. (Image: Nottingham Post)
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A fire which killed a Mansfield pensioner started after she accidentally turned a gas hob on, an inquest found.