An elderly woman has died after she was unable to escape a home where a fire broke out overnight in Middleborough, Massachusetts.

The Middleborough Fire Department says it responded around 2:52 a.m. Monday to reports of a house fire at 72 Everett Street and arrived to find heavy fire in the two-story, multi-family home, with flames showing from multiple windows on the first floor.

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Fire crews entered the home and found a 91-year-old woman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said.

No one else was injured, according to the fire department, which said that three other residents were able to safely exit the building before firefighters arrived on scene.

Middleborough Fire Chief Owen Thompson called this a

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