Crabtree Avenue in Hale Barns. Picture from Google Maps.
AN elderly woman has died in a house fire in Hale Barns.
The 84-year-old woman was found dead by firefighters just before 7.30am on Tuesday.
Firefighters from Altrincham were sent to the bungalow on Crabtree Avenue, Hale Barns, after someone called them to report that a fire alarm had been triggered.
They entered the single storey house and found a fire in the bedroom.
The woman was pronounced dead by paramedics at the scene.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing.
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