Overview
- Tasmania Fire Service said neighbours called Triple Zero after seeing a unit on fire on Gunn Street in Devonport.
- Crews arrived within minutes and reported flames and black smoke pouring from a bedroom window.
- Firefighters contained the blaze to the single unit and evacuated adjoining properties for safety.
- After the fire was extinguished, crews found the resident, a woman in her 60s, dead inside.
- Investigators are focusing on a likely bedroom origin and have not determined a cause or any suspicious factors.