An elderly Smithers woman has died after a Christmas Day incident involving a small kitchen fire on Montreal Street according to police.
The RCMP say the woman was cooking syrup on her stove that resulted in the cooking fire.
Police say the minor fire was quickly extinguished with the woman transported to Bulkley Valley District Hospital were she later succumbed to her injuries.
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