ST. MARTINVILLE, La. (KLFY) – Authorities are currently investigating the death of a woman who was found inside a burning home, as a homicide.

Police received a call of a house fire and someone in need of medical attention in the 300 block of Margaret Street around 10:44 a.m.

St. Martinville Police Chief Calder Hebert said responding officers could not enter the home because “the structure was engulfed in smoke.”

Local firefighters arrived quickly extinguished the fire.

Deputy Chief Brant Thompson of the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office said crews did a “great job of preserving the crime scene.”

Police then found the body of Susan George, 50, in the dining room of the house.

Thompson said the fire was contained to a small area in the back of the house.

The body was released to the St. Martin Parish Coroner for an autopsy.

Both the State Fire Marshal’s Office and the St. Martinville Police Department confirmed to News 10 that they are jointly investigating the incident as a homicide.