Woman Deceased After Fortuna Fire This Morning, Says Neighbor

Smoke pours from a Fortuna home where an elderly woman has reportedly died in a fire. (Note the date on the photo is incorrect) [All photos provided by Julie Wilson]

An elderly woman is believed dead after fire and smoke filled her home on the 1500 block of Imperial Way in Fortuna, according to Julie Wilson, a neighbor.

A call came in this morning about 5:12 a.m.  Fortuna and Loleta Fire responded to a structure on fire with one occupant still inside.

“The house is about 10 years old,” said Wilson. “A big beautiful house.”

The place was locked and the fire crews couldn’t get in and had to knock out a window to make entrance, Wilson explained.

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Think about always being safe................
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Think about always being safe................
6 years ago

WOW! if people are not drowning or succumbing to vehicle accidents they are dying in fires. All are preventable using plain common sense. Truly a waste of human life.

Cowabunga
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Cowabunga
6 years ago

Sorry to hear of this tragedy, and thank you for the reminder. I just checked all our smoke detectors.

Cowgirl up
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6 years ago

Look this was a elderly lady living by herself please keep the comments sensitive and not rude it can happen to anybody

Humanityfirst
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Humanityfirst
6 years ago

That’s kind of cold considering a life was lost. FYI, true accidents happen and that has nothing to do with having common sense. Common sense says so.

Ernestine
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Ernestine
6 years ago

Right this second, what you meant is: this is really painful to read and it’s scary and upsetting. Right!? You didn’t mean to sound like an insensitive asshat did you?

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago

How dare you speak like that not knowing the circumstance. That was a human life

Tracey P
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Tracey P
6 years ago

Has her family been notified? I’m really in need of the victim’s name.

Jennifer
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Jennifer
6 years ago
Reply to  Tracey P

Why do you need victims name?

G-MAS
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G-MAS
6 years ago

Very sad.another soul lost. Condolences to her family 🕊

Connie Rose
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Connie Rose
6 years ago

This woman was my neighbor. She was a serious hoarder. Be aware, hoarders…your homes just might go up in flames if you’re holding onto far more crap than you need.

Dantae
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Dantae
6 years ago
Reply to  Connie Rose

Thank was a pretty insensitive, heartless, remark. It’s mental illness that causes hoarding and an elderly woman died! You should be ashamed of yourself for such a terrible comment like that.

Me
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Me
6 years ago
Reply to  Dantae

Yes, insensitive..but true.

Cowgirl up
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6 years ago
Reply to  Dantae

Right !!!

Lilli
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Lilli
6 years ago
Reply to  Connie Rose

This is neither the time nor place for unsolicited PSA’s.

Thingso
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Thingso
6 years ago
Reply to  Connie Rose

Condolences to the family . I new this women . I talked to her twice weekly at my place of employment . She had a wonderful beautiful soul. She shared a few tragic story’s of her life but she was always happy and grateful and im going to miss her smiling face. I hope that when it’s your time your skeletons in your closet are shinny

KC
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KC
6 years ago
Reply to  Thingso

Appreciate it, Thingso!
Where is your place of employment?

dinkie
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dinkie
6 years ago

insensitive,,,, you didn’t live by her… she put other homes in danger with her hoarding..
She was insensitive of others, disease or not. Sorry, for the loss of life.. it could have been worse.

Guest
Guest
Guest
6 years ago
Reply to  dinkie

Why didn’t you try helping her or move

Veterans friend
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Veterans friend
6 years ago

Speaking the truth is often viewed as insensitive, which to me indicates perhaps some people are a tad too sensitive.
That said, some people are just stupidly insensitve and their remarks contain no truth at all.

Ernestine
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Ernestine
6 years ago

As a blatant truth spaeker, I find timing to be relevant to others reception and response to my truth. The day of someone’s death, is a time to wait in silence with your damned truth.

EyesAreEverywhere
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EyesAreEverywhere
6 years ago
Reply to  Ernestine

Whatever the cause of the fire and the ultimate reason for the person’s death, we can all learn a lesson. Check your smoke detectors regularly. Make sure papers and other items don’t become hazardous to your living environment. Tell the people you love how much they mean to you. Every day. You never know when it’s the last time you will see them.

Liz
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Liz
6 years ago

So true.

Crime stopper
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Crime stopper
6 years ago

I agree with eyesareeverywhere-well maintained smoke detectors are first line of defense for fire detection. Those mobile homes have direct wired alarms on the ceilings and it would have been near impossible for her to tamper with them.
Stop scapegoating the “hoarder” person.
The Chief shouldn’t have said anything about the hoarder interior-that was way out of place and unprofessional! What’s really noteworthy that the firemen never found her body for over an hour!!!!!!! Why is that ?? Our professional firemen really screwed up.
Let’s all request an official investigation into this fiasco and have the public know the results.
It truly is unfortunate for an elderly woman to die under these circumstances. Very sad and my heart goes out to her family in this unfortunate time

Concerned
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Concerned
6 years ago

Crime stopper great point! I heard the scanner traffic the victim wasn’t found until an after the initial call. Who’s to blame?? By looking at the pictures entering the residence shouldn’t have been an issue ? are you really telling us that the tax payers of Fortuna just pasted a parcel tax to pay for all these great things promised to the citizens of Fortuna and the firemen couldn’t enter a mobile home?? The Chief reported to the city council that he has a staff of 78 sworn members, where were even half of them at 5am?? But we still needed to call for mutual aid? What is the Parcel tax really paying for???? Bottom line this incident is very sad to the Community in which we live in.

Z
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Z
6 years ago

Ernestine. I loved your 2nd comment! !