UPDATE (Aug 4, 7:44 a.m.): The Kern County Coroner's Office has released the identity of an elderly woman who was found dead following a house fire on Wed, Aug 2.
According to the Kern County Sheriff's Office, the Coroner's Office has identified her as Kathleen Anne Stanier, 79. The fire took place shortly after 4 a.m. at a home on West Point Drive, southwest of Bakersfield College.
Her cause of death has not yet been released.
A deadly house fire broke out early Wednesday morning in northeast Bakersfield.
Fire officials say an elderly woman was inside the home on West Point and Dartmouth Street near Haley Street. Neighbors said she lived alone and crews found her in the back of the house.
Firefighters attempted life-saving measures but she passed away at the scene.
No surrounding homes were damaged.
Law enforcement and arson investigators will conduct separate investigations.
