79-year-old woman killed in Rogers Park apartment fire ID'd, Chicago authorities say

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A 79-year-old woman died after an apartment fire in the Rogers Park neighborhood Thursday night, Chicago police said.

Authorities responded to a fire in a three-story apartment building in the 6500-block of North Ashland Avenue at about 8:47 p.m.

A 79-year-old woman was found in the basement and rushed to St. Francis Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, police said.

She was later identified as Bertha Torres by the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office.

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The cause of the fire remains under investigation.