Police in Cape Breton have declared the death of a woman found inside a burning home to be accidental.
Officers were called to the home in Sydney at about 4:30 a.m. Friday, after firefighters discovered the woman as they tried to extinguish the blaze.
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She was taken to Cape Breton Regional Hospital, where she later died.
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Her identity has not been released.
Police say members of the forensic identification unit and the fire marshal’s office examined the site and deemed the fire accidental.
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