A PENSIONER has died following a blaze at her home last month, it emerged yesterday.
Retired teacher Vera Rigby was rescued after becoming trapped in the living room of her ground floor flat in Pasture Farm Close, Fulford, North Yorkshire, in the fire.
The 84-year-old widow was taken to York District Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation, but died late last week, the local coroner's office has confirmed.
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