A FIRE that killed a woman in Little Coxwell, near Faringdon, yestersay was likely caused by a dropped cigarette.

The woman, in her 50s, was dragged from the burning office building at Manor Farm at 6.39am.

She was taken to the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, where she later died from her injuries, police said.

Investigating teams from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service continued to work on the site yesterday to work out what caused the fire.

Spokesman Paul Smith said: "The most likely cause has been established as discarded smoking materials."

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Paper deliverer Steve Kershaw helped rescue the woman from the building.

He said: "There were papers on the floor that were burning. She was known as a smoker."