UPDATE, March 15: Grandview police identified the woman who died in the fire at 63-year-old Debra J. White.
A cause of the fire has not been determined.
ORIGINAL | A 63-year-old woman died in a house fire Friday in Grandview, Missouri.
A city spokesperson said Grandview firefighters responded to the blaze in the 200 block of Duck Road shortly before 8 p.m. and quickly put out the fire.
"Once inside firefighters found the body of an elderly woman," a release from the city said.
The Grandview Police Department — which had attempted to rescue the woman unsuccessfully, according to Grandview Police Sgt. Dean Van Winkle — and the MIssouri Division of Fire Safety will investigate the fire.
The dead woman was believed to be a resident of the house.
Firefighters also found a lifeless puppy in the home. They were able to revive the dog after delivering oxygen and Grandview Neighborhood Services Officers took it to a local animal hospital for treatment.
Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department also assisted with fire suppression on an automatic aid call.
