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Vera Lillian Steel

13 Aug 2013 · Coroner Michael Burgess · Surrey

The coroner's concerns

  1. 1. smoking in bed or chair with flammable clothing

    “She insisted on smoking. She was extremely frail and tried to light a cigarette using a match. She apparently managed to strike one but she then dropped it (the lit match) into her lap. Her cotton night dress caught fire and she received burns.”

Responses

No published response was found on judiciary.uk.

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Source: Prevention of Future Deaths reports and responses published by the Courts and Tribunals Judiciary at judiciary.uk. Crown copyright, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data updated 26 Oct 2026.

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