A Baltimore woman died last night in a house fire in the 2700 block of Boone St., just east of Greenmount Avenue.

Firefighters could not confirm the woman's age or name, said Battalion Chief Hector L. Torres, a Fire Department spokesman. However, neighbors told them the woman and several men had been living in the vacant house.

The fire began about 6 p.m., burning out the first floor and extensively damaging the second. It caused an estimated $15,000 damage to the house and another $5,000 damage to a house next door. This was the city's sixth fire fatality of the year. The cause is under investigation.

Pub Date: 3/20/99