Fire suicide
A woman, 50, died after setting herself alight in a railway station car park in Plymouth, Devon. Police said Gilda Parkhouse, who was taken to hospital with 80 per cent burns, had lived in sheltered accommodation near the station and had a history of medical problems.
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