Community 'shocked' after woman dies in Mansfield bungalow fire

Firefighters from Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire fire and rescue services were called to the property on Muskham Court in the early hours of Thursday morning, June 22.

A woman was rescued from the property. However, despite the best efforts of emergency services, she could not be revived and was pronounced dead on scene.

One neighbour, who has an allotment nearby and arrived just after it had happened, said: “It was horrible, we were so shocked.

"It had quietened down when we got here. The police had cordoned off the road, but we didn’t know what it was all about until we saw it on Facebook after we got home.

“It’s a really quiet area.

“We don’t expect things like this to happen. It’s very sad.”

An investigation into the circumstances surrounding the fire is now being carried out jointly by the police and fire service.