Seneca woman dead at fire scene
Residents at Seneca’s Field Village apartments spotted fire in one of the units; a bystander entered the apartment and extricated a 61-year-old woman. Coroner Karl Addis says the woman was found in cardiac arrest and notwithstanding life-saving measures by responders, she was pronounced dead at the scene at 7:40 last night. Her name will be disclosed today. An autopsy has been ordered. According to Addis, it appears the fire was a smoking-related incident in the presence of high concentration oxygen, resulting in a flash-type fire. The victim was oxygen dependent and used a home oxygen generator.