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Doreen Rees-Bibb, 79, (left) did not survive the blaze which reduced her partner David Murphy's (bottom left) home to rubble and left her buried under several feet of debris.
West Midlands Police said they were called just after 8.30pm on Sunday to the incident on Dulwich Road in Kingstanding.
EXCLUSIVE: Witnesses have described how brave locals risked their lives to remove David Murphy from his home on Dulwich Road, Kingstanding, which went up in flames last night.
Doreen Rees-Bibb did not survive the blaze which reduced her home to rubble and left her buried under several feet of debris in Birmingham as her partner is hospitalised.