A 90-year-old woman known as a fixture in her community was killed in a fire that tore through a residential Bronx building Tuesday night, according to authorities.

Firefighters responded to the blaze on the second floor of a two-story apartment building on Boston Road and Forest Avenue around 8:53 p.m., according to the FDNY.

Firefighters responded to the blaze on the second floor of a two-story apartment building on Boston Road and Forest Avenue around 8:53 p.m. Peter Gerber

Roughly 60 smoke eaters and EMS personnel rushed to the scene and extinguished the flames by 9:36 p.m., officials said.

One person, the 90-year-old woman, was found inside the building and pronounced dead on the scene by EMS, according to the NYPD.

Her identity was withheld pending family notification.

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