BBC News Published 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.