Woman Killed In Ardmore Apartment Fire Saturday: Police

ARDMORE, PA — A fire tore through an apartment in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township over the weekend, and left one person dead, authorities said.

According to the Haverford Township Police, the fire started at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday at the Haverford Village Apartments, on the 700 block of Ardmore Avenue.

Haverford Police first arrived and found smoke and fire in the building, which led numerous fire companies to show up, the Oakmont Fire Company said. In addition to Oakmont, Brookline, Merion Fire Company of Ardmore, Llanerch, Manoa, Bon Air, and Broomall fire companies and Narberth Ambulance all responded to the scene.

The fire was in unit 517 of the apartment complex, where 80-year-old Patricia Sada lived, according to police.

Sada was pulled from her apartment and taken to Lankenau Medical Center, then transferred to Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, police said.

She died at Jefferson, according to authorities. The Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office said she died "as a result of complications of inhalation of products of combustion" and her death was ruled an accident.

Police said Spada was known to smoke while on her couch, and said preliminary findings show she fell asleep while smoking on her couch Saturday morning. The fire's cause has been deemed accidental based on the preliminary findings.

No one else was hurt, police said.

Three other units at the apartment complex were also damaged, and police said the displaced residents were being given support by the Red Cross.

Crews were at the scene until about 6 a.m., according to the Brookline Fire Company.

Patch has reached out to the Philadelphia Medical Examiner's Office and the Oakmont Fire Company for information on Spada's death and the fire, and will update the story when additional details are made available.