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A woman was killed after breaking in to her noisy neighbour's flat to set it on fire, before blowing up the block of flats where she lived, an inquest has heard.
Reena James, 43, used a hammer to smash her way into the home next door in Bedford on 4 July last year, the hearing was told.
Ms James then poured petrol over the surfaces before taking a naked flame towards the highly flammable area causing an explosion that could be heard half a mile away.
Residents were forced to jump out of windows as the fire began to consume the three-storey block in Redwood Grove, which later collapsed as a result.
Ms James did not get on with her upstairs neighbour due to noise, with the relationship breaking down further during the pandemic when she she was working from home, a court heard.
Reena James, 43, used a hammer to smash her way into the home next door in Bedford, before using petrol to start a fire that resulted in the collapse of the building
She had previously complained to management about her upstairs neighbour over washing machine use, and the from sounds of her working out in the morning or shouting at her children.
Ms James had alos approached police, councillors and her landlord to pursue the issue, the inquest in Ampthill was told.
A coroner on Tuesday concluded that Ms James died by misadventure, following a day-long hearing at Bedfordshire Coroner's Court.
Three people, including a firefighter, were taken to hospital suffering with smoke inhalation with one resident being inflicted with leg injuries.
A neighbour had attempted to rescue Ms James, who had lived alone in a ground floor flat of the building since 2010, but had succumbed to her injuries and was found dead in his flat.
Opening the inquest, Bedfordshire senior coroner Emma Whitting said: 'At around 9.30am on 4 July last year there was an
