Coroner releases ID of Madison County woman killed in house fire

Madison County Coroner Stephen P. Nonn Friday released the name of an Alton woman who died in a residential fire on Thursday.

Tina Marie Price, 56, called 911 at about 1:38 p.m. to report her house was on fire and that she was being overcome with smoke, according to a release from Nonn’s office.

By the time first responders reached the scene in the 2700 block of Grandview Avenue, the release said, “heavy fire” was visible at the front of the house. Price was later located inside the home and pronounced deceased at the scene by Coroner’s Office Senior Investigator Diondra Horner at 3:09 PM.

Preliminary results of the autopsy determined her likely cause of the death was smoke inhalation. Routine toxicological testing remains pending at this time, Nonn said.

The case remains under investigation by the Alton Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, the Illinois State Fire Marshal’s Office, the Alton Fire Department and the Madison County Office of Coroner.

According to a release, an Alton firefighter fell through the front porch, but was not injured.