Cigarette was to blame for fire which killed Kingswinford pensioner
A cigarette started the fire in which an elderly woman died, it has been revealed.
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Edith Williams was pronounced dead at the scene after the fire in her living room on Catesby Drive, in Kingswinford, on November 14.
A spokesman for West Midlands Fire Service said: "The cause of the fire was a cigarette. The circumstances surrounding her death are still being investigated."
Fire, police and ambulance were all called to the blaze at just before 11.30pm.
West Midlands Ambulance Service staff entered through a window to reach the woman.
Neighbour Valerie Ganley, 76, described Mrs Williams as a 'a very nice woman'.
