POLICE were contacted by the fire service at shortly after 4.30pm today (Wednesday, December 19th) to reports of a house fire at an address on Essex Street in Barnoldswick.
Emergency services attended the scene and sadly an elderly woman was found deceased inside the address.
A man was taken by ambulance to the Royal Blackburn Hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.
A joint investigation between police and Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service into the cause of the fire is on-going.