The woman fell to her death as she tried to climb to an adjacent block of flats after a neighbour set her tower block on fire by using a makeshift flamethrower to kill a cockroach View 4 Images The baby was saved by neighbours who grabbed the tot as it was passed between blocks (Image: The Korea Times)

A new mum died trying to save her tiny baby from a fire started by a neighbour who used an improvised flamethrower to kill a cockroach. The unnamed woman, in her 30s, died as she tried to escape through a window of her apartment building. ‌

The woman, a Chinese national, lived on the fifth floor of the building in Osan, South Korea, with her husband and two-month-old baby. When they realised that a fire had broken out, the couple opened their home window and called for help

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