Pittsfield Resident Dies After Being Rescued From House Fire

Woman identified after fatal Pittsfield house fire

A woman in her 70s died after being pulled from a burning home on Virginia Avenue late Saturday, and authorities said the house had no working smoke alarms.

Pittsfield resident dies after being rescued from house fire

Pittsfield — A resident in her 70s died after being rescued from a house fire on Saturday, January 31. According to a press release issued by Department of Fire Services Public Information Officer Jake Wark, the city’s Fire Department responded to the fire at 7 Virginia Avenue at around 11:20 p.m. Wark wrote in his press release that firefighters observed the fire at the front of the building and immediately entered the building to attack the fi…