DUNKIRK, N.Y. — An elderly woman was found dead after a fire at a residence in Dunkirk Friday afternoon.
The Dunkirk Fire Department responded to a fire at 35 Crooked Brook Drive at about 2:31 p.m. Friday.
When firefighters arrived, they were alerted by a resident about a person with burns inside the home. It was later determined that the woman was deceased.
The fire was quickly extinguished.
Dunkirk Police, Chautauqua County Fire Investigation, and the Chautauqua County coroner were all called to the scene
The woman's name is being withheld as authorities work on notifying family.
The department is investigating both the fire and the woman's cause of death.
