Somerset County coroner Cullen Swank has identified the victim of Tuesday morning’s deadly house fire in Central City.
Officials say 67-year-old Cheryl Bottorff was pronounced dead at the scene, around 8 a.m., nearly seven hours after the fire initially broke out.
Emergency officials say firefighters were called to the home, located along the 900 block of Lohr Street, just after 1 a.m. Tuesday.
Firefighters say they immediately encountered heavy smoke and flames and spent several hours fighting the blaze before discovering the victim’s body.
Authorities say Bottorff was the sole occupant of the home.