A 58-year-old woman was killed Thanksgiving in a swift-moving blaze that quickly collapsed her Monroe County home, police said.

The deceased has been identified as Stephanie Selecky-Banfield of Coolbaugh Township. She was pronounced dead at the scene just after 1:40 a.m. Friday, said Monroe County Coroner Tom Yanac.

Yanac said an autopsy is pending to determine Selecky-Banfield‘s cause and manner of death.

Pocono Mountain Regional police, along with crews from Thornhurst Volunteer Fire Company, Coolbaugh Township Volunteer Fire Company and other fire agencies, responded at 5:40 p.m. Thursday to the home in the 2000 block of Locust Ridge Road.

Wind and other factors caused flames to consume the roof of the structure. The roof, as well as the second and main levels, eventually collapse

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