Woman critically injured in North Massapequa house has died

The occupant of a North Massapequa home, who suffered critical injuries Thursday afternoon after the residence caught fire, has died, according to the Nassau County Police Department.

In a department news release late Thursday, police described the victim as a 64-year-old woman.. Her name was not immediately released.

The fire broke out about 1:20 p.m. at the home on North Hawthorne Street, police said. Close to 100 firefighters from North Massapequa and several other departments responded to put out the blaze.

Among the fire departments assisting were Bethpage, Farmingdale, Massapequa, Seaford, South Farmingdale and Wantagh, according to an earlier release from Nassau County Chief Fire Marshal Michael Uttaro. The fire was contained within 40 minutes. No other injuries were reported.

Firefighters found a "critically injured" occupant inside the two-story, single-family home and transported the victim to Nassau University Medical Center, Uttaro said, adding that fire alarms were in the home "but not operating."

The victim was pronounced dead Thursday evening by medical personnel, police said.

She was the sole occupant of the home at the time of the fire, a Nassau police spokesperson late Thursday.

The Nassau County Fire Marshal and police department's Arson/Bomb Squad are investigating the cause of the fire, Uttaro said. The Town of Oyster Bay Building Department is assessing the damage to the home.