An elderly woman has died following a house fire in Hayes early on Sunday morning (January 28).
Police say the woman, in her 80s, was taken to a west London hospital by London Ambulance after flames broke out in the building in Carnarvon Drive. She later died in hospital, police said.
Her next of kin are aware, and a post-mortem will be scheduled in due course.
Police are not treating the death as suspicious.
London Fire Brigade latest
Two fire engines and 14 crew were called to the address at 5.09am, and found a small part of a ground floor property damaged by fire.
The flames were under control by 5.50am.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by London Fire Brigade and the Met .
Crews from Hayes and Heathrow fire stations attended the scene.
A file will now be prepared for the coroner.
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