RANKIN, Pa. (KDKA) -- One person has died as a result of a house fire in Rankin. First responders were called to battle the blaze along Miller Avenue around 2 p.m. on Sunday. According to Mayor Joelisa McDonald, an elderly resident died because of the fire. Police later confirmed the victim was an unidentified woman.

Rankin officials confirmed that a woman died of injuries in a house fire Sunday. First responders were called to a home on Miller Street around 2 p.m., according to TribLive news partner WTAE. A woman found in an upstairs bedroom was taken to a hospital where she later died of her injuries,

Officials said one person was taken to a hospital from the scene. Smoke was billowing out of the house’s roof when Channel 11 arrived at the scene. Channel 11 has reached out to