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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Vernalls

‘Brave’ rescuers praised by family following fatal gas blast inquest

The family of a 79-year-old great-grandmother killed in a house blast triggered by a “decades-old” faulty copper gas pipe have praised “brave” rescuers who tried to save her.

An inquest jury concluded on Tuesday the death of retired pub landlady Doreen Mace, originally from Erdington, Birmingham, was accidental.

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