A woman has sadly died following a fire at her home in Barnsley.

Fire crews from Barnsley, Cudworth and Tankersley stations responded quickly to the incident on Coniston Road in Barnsley at 8:52pm this evening (23 May 2018). Three minutes later, Barnsley firefighters were on scene.

Upon arrival crew members wearing breathing apparatus entered the house, which was heavily smoke logged.

An elderly lady was rescued from the property but sadly died.

No one else is thought to have been in the property at the time of the incident.

A multi-agency investigation will now take place to determine the cause of the fire.