EAST PROVIDENCE — The death of an elderly woman in a house fire has been determined to be accidental according to East Providence Fire Chief Oscar Elmasian.

Details about the incident became more clear later Friday afternoon, Nov. 27, the chief said. His department received a call at approximately 10:30 in the morning from concerned neighbors.

Upon arrival, firefighters found a woman whom Chief Elmasian said was in her early 90s deceased. Further investigation deemed she had passed as the result of an undetected cooking fire some time earlier in the day, the chief said, adding it self-extinguished before neighbors or firefighters became aware of the incident.

The result of the investigation by the EPFD, East Providence Police and state fire marshals came to the conclusion the event, which took place at 49 Summit St., was inadvertent.