Investigators are seeking the public's help in locating relatives of the woman found dead in the Berkeley Township fire.
A house fire in Ocean County that left a 77-year-old woman dead on Thursday began in a dishwasher and has been ruled accidental, authorities said.Firefighters found the woman dead in the dining room, according to Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office.
The fire appeared to have originated in the kitchen dishwasher from a suspected electrical equipment failure, authorities said. Investigators withheld the woman’s name as they continued Friday morning attempts to locate her relatives. Anyone with information about family members of the woman is asked to call Detective John Doran of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office at 732-929-2027, extension 3524.
The house is located in the Holiday City section of Berkeley Township, a 55-plus community of all single-family homes, adjacent to the Pine Barrens.
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