An 80-year-old woman died Monday after suffering severe burns in a fire outside of an assisted living facility in northern Minnesota, police say.

A Minnesota nursing home resident, 80, has died after suffering 'severe burns' in a motorized scooter fire, police have confirmed

A woman who died after catching fire while riding a motorized scooter on Monday in Ely has been identified, with police saying that smoking is likely what sparked the blaze. The Ely Police Department said Marjorie Jane Hible, 80, of Ely, was a resident of the Boundary Waters Care Facility, with the fire happening outside the complex.

Flames fatally engulfed an 80-year-old woman on a motorized scooter at a Minnesota nursing home, according to police. First responders received a 911 call around 4:40 p.m., Jan. 6, about a fire at the Boundary Waters Care Center in Ely, the Ely Police Department said in a news release.

ELY, Minn. ( KBJR /Gray News) - An 80-year-old woman died after her motorized scooter caught fire outside a care center in Minnesota. According to police in Ely, the accident happened around 4:30 p.m. Monday outside Boundary Waters Care Center.

An 80-year-old woman died after catching fire while on a motorized scooter outside an Ely nursing home Monday, according to authorities. The Ely Police Department said the incident happened just before 4:40 p.m. outside of the Boundary Waters Care Center.

Police said an 80-year-old woman died after being engulfed in flames while on a motorized scooter outside a care center in northern Minnesota.