Woman dead following house fire in Saskatoon
CTV
A woman is dead following an early Monday morning house fire in the city's Westview neighbourhood.
A woman is dead following an early morning house fire in the city's Westview neighbourhood.
According to police, officers were called to a home in the 2000 block of 37th Street West around 1:30 a.m. Monday.
Officers tried to find any residents but the home was engulfed in flames, Saskatoon Police Service said in a news release.
Firefighters arriving on scene saw smoke and flames coming out of a front window, according to a fire department news release.
As crews fought the fire, the woman was found dead in the house.
The woman was 79 years old and foul play is not suspected, police said.
Darlene Klyne lives a few doors down. She told CTV News that flames were "leaping" out of the building.
