Woman dies in hospital after pulled from east London, Ont. mobile home fire

Police have deemed a fire in an east London, Ont., mobile home as fatal after a woman succumbed to her injuries in hospital.

Fire crews were called to the blaze at 2189 Dundas St. just before 5 p.m. on Monday.

Officials say that a woman was pulled from the fire and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. She later died.

The identity of the woman has not yet been released.

The cause and origin of the blaze have not yet been determined, officials said, but a damage estimate has been pegged at $150,000.

The investigation is ongoing, and investigators are scheduled to be at the scene Tuesday morning.

While investigators don’t know if faulty smoke alarms played a part in the fire, Gary Mosburger, deputy platoon chief with the London Fire Department, said that he “can’t stress enough that smoke alarms are a critical factor in someone saving their life and protecting themselves from these types of events.”

“If there’s anything that can come out of this as a positive, it’s to really spread that message out there to the public to check your smoke alarms if they’re out of date,” he said, adding they they should be replaced after every 10 years.