Woman Dies Lighting Cigarette

Inves­ti­ga­tors per­formed an autopsy on a Porter­ville woman who died after she caught fire while try­ing to light a cig­a­rette at her stove. The fatal acci­dent hap­pened Tues­day in a mobile home located at Mor­ton Avenue and Low­ery Street in Porter­ville. When fire­fight­ers arrived, they found the 51-year-old woman dead in the kitchen area of her home. Her name has not been released. At this point, inves­ti­ga­tors are also not say­ing exactly how she caught fire after light­ing the cigarette.