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A city caseworker barricaded herself inside her Brooklyn home yesterday, lit two mattresses ablaze and plunged 17 stories to her death, authorities said.
Galina Bershadskaya, 51, jumped from her window ledge about 1:15 p.m. in front of horrified neighbors at the Coney Island building, officials said.
Bershadskaya was found dead in a patch of grass at the Luna Park Houses when 60 firefighters arrived and couldn't get into her apartment, officials said.
Her front door was bolted with at least four heavy-duty locks, and a couch was shoved against it, officials said.
No one else was home at the time. Firefighters got the flames under control in less than 45 minutes, authorities said.
Bershadskaya, who lived with her husband and son in the 20story W. Eighth St. building, had emigrated from Russia, neighbors said.
She worked as a Human Resources Administration caseworker at a satellite office near her home, providing home health aid to those in need.
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