Elderly Woman Dies In House Fire: Police

Merrick NY

07 April, 2022

11:20 AM

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ROOSEVELT, NY — An elderly woman died in a Roosevelt house fire on Wednesday, police said. The fire happened just after 5 p.m. at 151 West Fulton Ave. Officers arrived to find smoke billowing from the second floor. They found the 79-year-old woman, who was transported to an area hospital with third-degree burns and smoke inhalation. The woman was pronounced dead a short time later, police said. Her name has not been released. All other residents of the home had safely exited. Two Nassau County police officers were treated and released from a hospital for smoke inhalation. Arson Bomb Squad Detectives and the county fire marshal's office are investigating the cause of the fire.