A woman was found dead at a home in Montvale after the house caught fire Sunday afternoon, authorities said.

The blaze started at a single-family home on North Avenue at 12:57 p.m., the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.

While firefighters extinguished the blaze at the home, they found the body of an "elderly" woman, the Prosecutor's Office said. Her name was not released.

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Property records show Ninette and Grovenor Grannis as the owners of the North Avenue home. Neither could be reached.

Patrick Dolan, a neighbor, spotted the fire coming from the rear of the house. He ran back to his sister's house.

“He said, 'Call 911 — the house next door is on fire,' " said his sister Kathleen Riabor, who has lived next door for around 20 years.

Dolan said he went around to the front of the home and, with the help of another neighbor, kicked in the front door. Smoke poured out.

“We saw a walker,” Dolan said.

Others broke some windows to let smoke out of the North Avenue home, which was gutted.

Borough Mayor Mike Ghassali declined to comment.

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