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.

An 80-year-old woman died after a fire erupted on her motorized mobility scooter outside a northern Minnesota care facility Monday, authorities said.

Police in the northern Minnesota town of Ely are investigating after an 80-year-old woman died after being “fully engulfed” by flames while on a motorized scooter.

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.

Smoking is believed to have caused a deadly motorized scooter fire that took the life of an 80-year-old woman in Ely. The victim, Marjorie Jane Hible, was a resident of the Boundary Waters Care Facility in Ely when the incident happened.

ELY, Minn. — An 80-year-old woman died after a fire erupted on her motorized scooter outside a care facility Monday, authorities said.

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

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.

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.

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.