BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A woman has died after being found unresponsive in a house fire on the 1300 block of Ralston Street last week.
The Kern County Coroner’s Office identified the woman as 75-year-old Delcy Elizabeth C. Martinez of Bakersfield.
The Kern County Fire Department responded to the house fire on Sept. 17 around 9:51 p.m., where neighbors of Martinez said she was stuck inside the home as heavy smoke billowed out.
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Officials said locked gates and a locked front door blocked the access to the house, so county firefighters used “specialized tools” to force their way inside the home…