Thursday, January 29, 2015

1 ELDERLY WOMAN KILLED IN 2-ALARM FIRE AT MULTI-STORY HOME IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS



1 ELDERLY WOMAN KILLED IN 2-ALARM FIRE AT MULTI-STORY HOME IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS





Thursday, Jan 29, 2015




An elderly Boston woman pulled from her burning home by firefighters has died.




A spokesman for the Boston Fire Department says firefighters arrived at the woman's Dorchester home just after 6 a.m. Thursday to find smoke.




They found the woman inside on the bottom floor of the two-story, single-family home and took her out to be attended by emergency medical technicians.




She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.




Her name and exact age were not immediately made public. She lived in the home alone.



The cause of the two-alarm blaze, which caused an estimated $250,000 in damage, remains under investigation.




The department spokesman says firefighters had to shovel out one hydrant still buried snow, but that was not a factor in battling the blaze.