Investigation continues after elderly woman dies in tragic Sheffield house fire
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Emergency services were deployed to Grindlow Close, Heeley, at around 8am yesterday following reports that a house was on fire.
They found a two-storey property well alight and the body of a woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene.
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A neighbour had battled in vain to help the woman but was beaten back by flames and smoke.
The fire-damaged property was sealed off yesterday as enquiries were carried out to try to determine what caused the blaze.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said the investigation is continuing today.
Three fire engines raced to the scene yesterday and firefighters and police officers remained at the house for most of the day.
Shocked neighbours expressed their sadness at the death of the woman, who has been named locally as Kathleen Khan and who is believed to have been in her 70s.