TULSA, Okla. — A woman died after a fire at a Tulsa apartment early Monday morning.
It happened at the Astoria Pointe apartment complex off 31st and South 129th East Ave. Tulsa police said a neighbor called 911 reporting smoke coming from an apartment below them. Tulsa fire responded finding smoke but no active fire.
Crews went into the unit and found the woman dead. Firefighters then cleared the smoke from the apartment and waited for investigators.
Andy Little with TFD says this fire burned itself out.
“This is tragic when see things like this especially for the firefighters that respond it’s tragic because we want to make a difference," Little said. "We want to able to help people and keep people safe. When we are unable to do that because of circumstances out of our control it's difficult.”
Little says the medical examiner will determine exactly how the woman died.
TFD did find smoke detectors in the apartment but they were melted so it’s not clear if they were working or not. Little tells 2 News Oklahoma that investigators believe the fire started from a cigarette that was improperly disposed of.
This is the second fire fatality in Tulsa in the past two days. Little says there’s an average of 7 fire deaths a year in our city.
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