Investigation as woman dies in house fire
AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a woman died in a house fire.
The fire service were called to a house which was on fire on Essex Street in Barnoldswick this afternoon.
A search of the house found that an elderly woman had died inside the home.
A man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Blackburn Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
Police were called at around 4.30pm and have now launched an investigation.
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