Woman, 62, dies in Commerce Township house fire

Max Reinhart, The Detroit Information

A lady was killed on Friday morning in a home fireplace within the municipality of Commerce.

Firefighters responded to the 4000 block of Kara Court docket at round 10 am Friday, in accordance with the Oakland County Sheriff’s Workplace. A caller of 911 reported a home that was on fireplace with one particular person trapped in a bed room upstairs.

Crews had been in a position to extinguish the hearth and located the sufferer, a 62-year-old girl. She was transported to the Huron Valley Hospital, the place she was declared useless shortly after arrival.

Authorities mentioned nobody else was injured within the incident.

The hearth appeared to be coincidental, in accordance with a primary probe by detectives from the Sheriff’s Fireplace Investigation Unit, though the incident is being investigated.

The title of the lady and the reason for demise haven’t but been launched. Authorities mentioned that an post-mortem is deliberate on Saturday.

mreinhart@detroitnews.com