By Hailee Lampert/WLKY

WLKY.com

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A house fire took the life of a Louisville woman

Family members said the woman was wheelchair-bound.

 

Mary Ann Riordan, 66, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The autopsy results report Riordan died from smoke and flame inhalation.

Fire Chief Greg Frederick said the victim’s husband was taken to the hospital and suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

“I heard this yelling and it didn’t sound right, so I looked out my window, and that’s when I seen the flames,” said neighbor Kim Arthur.

No one else was at home when the fire broke out.

“I tried to console him,” Arthur said. “He wanted to go back in the house. I couldn’t let him do that.”

The arson unit is investigating the cause of the blaze.

“The potential is there that we possibly have smoking with home oxygen in use,” said Frederick.

 

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