Overview

• A neighbour alerted emergency services on July 7 after hearing a fire alarm at a home on Middleton Walk.
• Fire crews arrived to find a small blaze that had already been extinguished and uncovered a 38-year-old woman’s body inside.
• The death has been officially classified as unexplained and the woman’s family has been informed.
• Police have maintained a large cordon around the property since the incident to facilitate ongoing evidence gathering.
• No definitive cause of death has been confirmed and inquiries into both the fire’s origin and the circumstances of the death remain underway.