A WOMAN in her 20s has tragically died after a house fire ripped through an Oxford home on New Year’s Eve – in the third killer blaze in as many days.
Neighbours have paid tribute to the woman, who was “always smiling”.
Thames Valley Police confirmed they had rushed to the home in Hundred Acres Close, Headington at around 6.25am this morning.
A woman was taken to hospital, but tragically died.
It means five people have now been killed in fires over three days after a string of fatal blazes.
On Friday, three people died in a house fire in Croydon, with another blaze killing a man yesterday.
After the latest tragedy, one witness, Shanice, 27, told The Oxford Mail she didn’t know the woman who died but that she was “always smiling and saying hello”.
She added: “It’s just so shocking.”
Four fire engines had rushed to the home to tackle the blaze.
The victim’s next of kin have now been informed.
An investigation has been launched.
Just yesterday, one person was killed when a blaze broke out in a living room at a Carlisle home in Cumbria.
And in yet another tragedy, three people died in a South London blaze on Friday.
Emergency services were called out to the terrifying blaze just before 11pm on Friday in Sanderstead Road, South Croydon.
Met Police confirmed that two men, one of whom is believed to be in his 40s, were tragically killed in the blaze in South London.
A third man in his 30s was raced to hospital in critical condition and has since died, the force said.
The fires are not connected.
