Foul play is not suspected in the death of a 70-year-old woman who firefighters found during a fire at her St. Paul senior living community apartment Friday, the police department said Monday.
The Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the woman as Cecilia A. O’Keefe.
On Friday, the St. Paul Fire Department responded about 3:45 a.m. to a report of smoke in the first-floor hallway of Como by the Lake Senior Apartments at 901 E. Como Blvd. Crews discovered moderate smoke coming from O’Keefe’s apartment in the senior living community for ages 55 and older.
Fire crews extinguished the fire and found O’Keefe dead inside the unit during a search.
O’Keefe’s cause of death remains under investigation, said Alyssa Arcand, a St. Paul police spokeswoman.
The cause of the fire, which was contained to the one unit, is undetermined, said Deputy Fire Chief Jamie Smith.
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