Two other residents managed to escape the burning building. They are being treated for smoke inhalation at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
A woman died in a Wednesday evening house fire on Mapleton Avenue in Suffield. Authorities have yet to release the woman's identity or indicate what caused the fire. This is an update to a story posted at 7:52 a.m. Thursday
SUFFIELD - Officials have confirmed the identify of a woman killed Wednesday night in a house fire in Mapleton Avenue but are not yet disclosing the name to the press pending notification of the woman’s family, Suffield Fire Capt. Michael Thibedeau said.
The woman, a resident of the house at 1489 Mapleton Ave., was apparently trapped inside the burning house and killed in the fire, which was reported at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Two other residents managed to escape the burning building. They are being treated for smoke inhalation at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation by the state Fire Marshall’s Office, Thibedeau said.
It appears to have started on the first floor, he said.
It took firefighters close to an hour to get the fire under control, Thibedeau said. Several times firefighters thought they had the fire out to have it reignite.
Firefighters from Thompsonville and Windsor Locks also responded to the fire.
Mapleton Avenue is off Route 159 and less than a mile south of the Agawam line.
Video of scene by WFSB Eyewitness News 3 in Hartford
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