{"id":787773,"date":"2026-05-11T01:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787773\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T01:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T01:51:16","slug":"house-fire-in-orange-leaves-82yo-woman-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787773\/","title":{"rendered":"House fire in Orange leaves 82yo woman dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A woman has died following a house fire in Orange, in Central West NSW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Emergency services responded to reports of a blaze on Tynan Street about 9:20pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Fire and Rescue NSW crews entered the home and removed an unconscious 82-year-old woman from the premises.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Emergency personnel performed CPR on the woman, but she died at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Police tape around house, police car in distance. \" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/323219efd8c88a6405bdf0b029a17aee.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">An investigation is underway into the house fire on Sunday night. (ABC Central West: Emily Middleton)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">No-one else was in the home at the time, and the fire was brought under control shortly after 10pm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A crime scene has been set up, and an investigation is underway.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police are urging anyone with information about the fire or who may have been in the area at the time to contact Orange Police Station or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">With nearly half of house fires occurring between May and September, Fire and Rescue NSW is urging residents to prioritise winter fire safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A spokesperson for Fire and Rescue NSW said a working smoke alarm in the home was critical.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Smoke alarms should be tested monthly, cleaned regularly, and replaced every 10 years,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">&#8220;Most importantly, every household should have a clear and practised home evacuation plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has died following a house fire in Orange, in Central West NSW. Emergency services responded to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787774,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4740,11767,130078,8340,50,16494,321907,321908],"class_list":{"0":"post-787773","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-fatal","10":"tag-fire-and-rescue-nsw","11":"tag-house-fire","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-orange","14":"tag-smoke-alarm","15":"tag-winter-fire-safety"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116553442160582324","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}