An 80-year-old woman died after a fire erupted on her motorized mobility scooter outside a northern Minnesota care facility Monday, authorities said. The Ely Police Department said the victim was “engulfed” before staff members were able to get her off the scooter.

An 80-year-old woman was “fully engulfed” by flames while on a motorized scooter in Ely and died, officials said Tuesday. The incident occurred late Monday afternoon outside the Boundary Waters Care Center,