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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Vernalls

‘Decades-old’ faulty gas pipe join thought to be source of deadly house blast

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A 79-year-old great-grandmother died in a “very significant” house explosion, thought to have been caused by a “decades-old” faulty copper gas pipe join, an inquest has heard.

Retired pub landlady Doreen Mace, originally from Erdington, Birmingham, was described by her relatives at the hearing on Monday as a “once-in-a-lifetime soul”.

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