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Woman in her 80s dies after kitchen fire breaks out at Gravesend bungalow

By: Danny Boyle

Published: 15:04, 20 January 2010

Updated: 15:04, 20 January 2010

St James's Avenue, Gravesend, scene of a fatal bungalow fire.

An elderly woman has died in a fire at a Gravesend town centre bungalow.

The victim, in her 80s, was found dead at the property in St James’s Avenue on Wednesday morning.

Two fire crews from Thames-side station were called at about 9.15am, but the blaze – thought to have started in the kitchen – was out before they arrived.

A North Kent Police spokeswoman said the woman died at the scene. Her identity has not yet been confirmed.

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Fire investigators spent the morning at the property probing the cause of the blaze, while the road was cordoned off at both ends by police.

A Kent Fire and Rescue Service spokeswoman said: "Fire investigation teams are at the site to determine the cause of the fire, but it is not being treated as suspicious."

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