On Wednesday January 6, 2021, at approximately 2:30 pm, members from the Northumberland Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a residential fire on Norton Lane in the town of Colborne.
Cramahe Township Fire Department attended the scene shortly after police arrived at the confirmed structure fire. A female occupant was removed from the blaze by firefighters and was transported by Northumberland paramedics to a nearby hospital where she was pronounced deceased.
The victim has been identified as 45-year-old Tanya Skeew Hawk of Cramahe Township.
OPP secured the location while the Office of the Fire Marshal conducted an investigation.
This fire has been deemed non suspicious in nature.
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A house fire that led to the death of a woman in Colborne yesterday afternoon (Wednesday) was caused by careless smoking.
According to Today’s Northumberland, a representative with the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office came to that conclusion after conducting an investigation that ended late last night.
Cramahe Township firefighters responded around 2:30 to a residence on Norton Lane in Colborne to find smoke coming from the upper floor.
An unconscious woman was found in an upstairs bedroom. She was rushed to hospital in Cobourg but was pronounced dead.
It’s believed the fire started in the upholstery of a chair’s arm and spread.
