A friend of the 71-year-old became worried as he could not reach her by phone and visited her at her residential address, a garden house in a garden settlement in Vienna-Liesing. When he entered the house, he noticed a strong smell of fire and a flooded kitchen and immediately called emergency services.

Woman Dies in Fire at Garden House in Vienna-Liesing

On the first floor of the house, the pensioner was found motionless. Only her death could be confirmed. According to fire investigators, a fire likely broke out in the kitchen of the garden house, presumably due to smoldering cigarettes in the trash. It is currently assumed that a burst water pipe in the kitchen area extinguished the fire. Further investigations are ongoing.

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