Police said an 80-year-old woman died after being engulfed in flames while on a motorized scooter outside a care center in northern Minnesota.

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80-year-old woman dies after motorized scooter catches fire outside care center, police say

An 80-year-old woman in northern Minnesota was “fully engulfed” in flames when the motorized scooter she was riding outside her care facility caught fire, triggering an investigation into her horrifying death. First responders raced to the Boundary Waters Care Center in Ely, Minn., at 4:30 p.m. Monday after a witness reported the fire, police said in a statement. “The victim was fully engulfed before staff members were able to get the person off…

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"Preliminary findings suggest smoking likely caused this accidental fire," Ely Police Department said, identifying the victim as Marjorie Jane HibleGetty Mobile scooter fire led to the death of an 80-year-old nursing home residentAn 80-year-old Minnesota nursing home resident has died from her injuries after a fire started while she was on her motorized scooter, police have confirmed.On Monday, Jan. 6 at approximately 4:38 p.m. local time, autho…

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Minn. Nursing Home Resident, 80, Dies After She’s ‘Fully Engulfed' in Motorized Scooter Fire: 'Severe Burns'

An 80-year-old woman died after a fire erupted on her motorized mobility scooter outside a northern Minnesota care facility Monday, authorities said. The Ely Police Department said the victim was “engulfed” before staff members were able to get her off the scooter. The incident was reported to 911 by a witness shortly after 4:30 p.m. outside the Boundary Waters Care Center, which provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services. The woman su…

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Staff members pulled the victim off the scooter before authorities arrived, but she suffered "severe burns."

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80-year-old woman dies after scooter fire outside Ely care center

An 80-year-old woman died after her motorized scooter caught fire outside a care center in Minnesota.

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ELY — An 80-year-old woman died after a fire erupted on her motorized scooter outside a care facility Monday, authorities said.   The Ely Police Department said the victim was "engulfed" before staff members were able to get her off the scooter. The incident was reported to 911 by a witness shortly after 4:30 p.m. outside the Boundary Waters Care Center, which provides skilled nursing and rehabilitation services.   The woman suffered "severe bur…

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ELY -- A woman has died after her motorized scooter went up in flames outside an Ely care center.

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Woman dies after scooter fire in Ely

An 80-year-old woman died Monday after the motorized scooter she was on caught on fire outside a care center in Ely. Ely police officials say the woman was fully engulfed in fire before staff members from Boundary Waters Care Center were able to get her off the scooter. She suffered…

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80-Year-Old Woman Dies After Scooter Catches Fire Outside Ely Care Center

ELY, Minn. — An elderly woman burned to death after her motorized scooter started on fire. Ely police said the 80-year-old was outside the Boundary Waters Care Center when the flames ignited. Emergency crews were dispatched around 4:30 p.m. Monday after a witness reported the fire to 911. The report stated the victim was engulfed in flames before staff members were able to get the woman off the scooter,” according to Ely police. The victim was p…

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