99-year-old woman dies in NW Atlanta house fire

And we start with tragedy in northwest Atlanta. A 99-year-old woman in a wheelchair has been discovered dead after a house fire. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. I'm Caitlin Pryden for Alex Whitler. This noon, the danger happened on Larchmont Court earlier this morning, causing the second floor of the house to suddenly collapse. And Fox 5's Ray Urena has joined us joining us live with the latest on this terrible, tragic story. What can you tell us, Ray? What have we learned They have since cleared from the scene after putting out this house fire but they have been here in this neighborhood in the Collier Heights neighborhood since early this morning. If we push through if I step out of the way and push through the trees here you can see exactly what is left of this elderly woman's home. And I just want to show you a video from earlier today and as we stated the firefighters in Atlanta responded to Larchmont Court in northwest Atlanta at about It's about 5:30 this morning and when they got here, Firefighters found heavy flames. The second floor had collapsed as well as a downed power line. A brief firefighter emergency was declared but was later stopped after that firefighter was found safe. Firefighters say that they searched the home several times and a woman was found on the first floor near the carport. Neighbors say that she was the glue of the neighborhood, had been living here for decades, and was known for For her dinner, take a listen to what neighbors we just talked to not long ago, what she had to say. You would feel like you were in a five-star hotel when you came to her house to eat. She would pull out the best for you. And it was just a wonderful fellowship when you did come to her house. And it was an honor to be invited by her when she hosted these dinners. And as of right now, we are waiting for the ID of the victim to be released by the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office as well as family. Once we get that, we'll let you know. But we do want to tell you that firefighters say that this fire is not considered to be suspicious. Reporting live in Northwest Atlanta, Ray Urena, Fox 5 News. And Ray, I just want to touch on that. They don't believe it was suspicious. Do we have any idea what could have caused the danger in the first place right now? I'm starting to speak now. Yeah, that's under investigation right now, Kayla, but we can tell that firefighters do believe that the fire started on the first floor. But again, it is not considered anything suspicious at all. And before I let you go, do we know who called 911, alerted them to what was happening? As of right now, we believe that the caretaker who lives in an adjacent building may have called 9-1-1, but that is still yet to be determined. But there was a caretaker who was living alongside this elderly woman here in northwest Atlanta, but she was not living in the actual home at the time. They were living in a separate building. We're trying to get confirmation on that. All right, still a lot to work out, a lot of questions that need to be answered. Thanks for your update, Ray.