The St James police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of an elderly woman who perished in a fire that razed her house Friday morning.
The deceased has been identified as 90-year-old Ida Maye White of Go Peace Lane in Salt Spring, St. James.
Reports are that at about 8:30 am, a relative arrived at the elderly woman’s house to find smoke and fire coming from the building.
The relative sought assistance, however, the fire quickly engulfed the two-bedroom board structure.
White’s body was subsequently found among the rubble during the cooling-down operation.
Firefighters have not yet established what caused the blaze.