United Hatzalah received reports of a fire that broke out in an Ashdod apartment today (Monday). Volunteer hurried to the scene and found an unconscious body inside.
Yisrael Eichental, head of the Ashdod chapter of United Hatzalah said, "When the United Hatzalah volunteers from the ambucycle unit arrived at the scene they found a house that was locked at the ground floor with flames and smoke rising out of the building. The volunteers waited for the fire and rescue teams who broke into the burning house where they found a woman who was already deceased. A Magen David Adom ambulance team was forced to declare her death on site."
The cause of the fire is not yet known.