The State Fire Marshal is expected to be back in Niles Monday looking for the cause of a fire that claimed a life and gutted a home.

A neighbor called 9-1-1 just before 1:30 a.m. Saturday to report flames coming from the house on the 300 block of Trumbull Drive.  The caller told dispatchers that a woman lived at the home.

The first fire crew to arrive found that flames had spread throughout the home and threatened to spread to nearby houses.

Investigators say one person died in the fire. The name of the victim has not been released.