Dies in house fire

Tongan grandmother killed in San Mateo fire

The San Mateo County coroner’s office identified her Tuesday evening as Susana Lolohea Tonga.

Mercury News reports there were no other reported injuries.

Firefighters responded to a call early Tuesday monring and found the flames consuming the front of the building and pouring from a front window.said San Mateo Consolidated Fire Department fire marshal Robert Marshall.

One of the occupants told firefigthers the family’s grandmother was believed to be inside.

“We then went into rescue mode and attempted to rescue a person in there,” Marshall said.