A woman who died after a fire in her St. Paul home last week was identified Wednesday as a lifelong East Sider.

Mary M. Hansen, 69, had been a licensed alcohol and drug counselor. Her survivors include two children and two grandsons.

A neighbor called 911 about 1:45 a.m. Thursday to report a fire at Hansen’s home on Lacrosse Avenue, near Hazel Street. Firefighters found Hansen, who lived alone, inside and transported her to Regions Hospital. She died soon after.

The fire was caused by an electrical problem, according to a fire department official. The cause of Hansen’s death remains under investigation, according to the fire department and the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office.

Hansen bought her home a few years ago “and it gave her a lot of joy,” said her daughter, Kristine Hansen.

“She had a lot of happy memories from her youth at Hazel Park Rec and then later as a young mother and then grandmother watching her kids and grandchildren participate in sports and activities at the rec center,” Hansen wrote in a email about her mother.