A woman died in a Redding house fire. Redding Firefighters were called shortly before 2 o’clock Friday afternoon to 1818 Del Mar Avenue near Caldwell Park, in a neighborhood of attached single story townhouses. While working to extinguish the fire, a search of the home was done to check for occupants and a badly burned elderly woman was found inside. She was transported to Mercy Hospital, where she succumbed to injuries suffered in the fire. Her name has not yet been released. Damage to the home was estimated at $100,000 and $35,000 worth of contents. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
-Steve Gibson