A 99-YEAR-OLD widow who died after setting her hair on fire with a cigarette in a Stirling care home has been named as Margaret Samson.
An investigation is under way into the incident at council-run Wellgreen House last Wednesday.
The pensioner, known as Meg, was left badly burned on the head and neck after her hair accidentally caught fire as she was lighting a cigarette. She died from her injuries.
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