Chopper 7 was over the scene near South Lowe Avenue and West 94th Street in the city's Washington Heights neighborhood.
Firefighters were responding to a fire there, and an 88-year-old woman was found unresponsive in the living room, police said. The victim, who had suffered burns to her body, was pronounced dead on the scene.
Authorities are conducting a death investigation and did not immediately provide information on the cause of the fire.
Further information was not immediately available.
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