UPDATE: Investigation into tragic death of elderly woman in Skegness fire concludes

The investigation into a fire in which a woman in her 80s died has concluded.

Earlier we reported emergency services were called to an address on Albert Avenue, Skegness, at around 6.50pm on Thursday.

A woman in her 80s has sadly died in a fire in Skegness.placeholder image
A woman in her 80s has sadly died in a fire in Skegness.

The woman was pronounced dead at the scene and her family were made aware.

Police said they were not treating the death as suspicious and a file was being prepared for the coroner as investigations continued..

A spokesperson for Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue told Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue the cause of the fire had now been determined.

The spokesperson said: “The findings of the fire investigation determined the cause to be accidental and attributed to smoking materials in bed.”

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