A 70-year-old woman lost her life after a fire broke out at her residence in Chinchinim on Monday evening.
Personnel from the Cuncolim Police Station conducted a panchanama at the scene before the body was shifted to the South Goa District Hospital for preservation.
Firefighters from the Goa Fire and Emergency Services (FES) later brought the blaze under control, preventing it from spreading further.
The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained, and further investigations are underway.

