A WOMAN has died in a house fire.
Firefighters were called to a blaze at a house in Leybourne Road, Leytonstone, at 9.30pm last night.
They found the woman's body inside the house.
No one else was believed to have been in the house at the time of the fire.
The cause of the fire, which affected the ground floor of the house, is being investigated by the police and the London Fire Brigade.
The police's fire investigation team are due to attend the scene this morning.
A police spokeswoman said the woman's next of kin are yet to be informed.
She added: “A body of a woman was found and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
“We do not believe she died in suspicious circumstances, but the fire brigade and the police continue to investigate the exact cause of death.”
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