(KCRG/KCCI) – In an update to our previous reports, authorities in eastern Iowa have identified a woman who died while tending a ditch fire. Investigators say 79-year-old Carol Woodson, of Marion, was found by emergency responders. She had been engulfed in smoke and flames and died at the scene.

The Iowa State Fire Marshal’s Office is helping with the investigation into her death. Emergency crews were called to rural Marion at about 3:14 p.m. Sunday for an out of control field fire. When authorities arrived, they found the ditch fire had spread and Woodson’s body on the ground.