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TROY, N.Y. (AP) — Fire officials say a woman who was rescued from a burning home in Troy has died.
Fire Chief Tom Garrett tells media outlets that heavy smoke billowed from the second floor of the two-story wood-frame house when firefighters arrived at 8 p.m. Saturday. Firefighters went inside but were ordered out when the flames got too intense.
After the flames were knocked down, firefighters went back in and brought out a woman, who was rushed to a hospital. Officials say she later died. Garrett said she apparently breathed enough smoke to put her in cardiac arrest.
The woman’s name hasn’t been released. Garrett says she was elderly and used a walker and cane.