Two women killed in Pittsford house fire identified

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday identified the two women who died in a Pittsford house fire last month.

The pair who died in the blaze at 82 Callingham Road on Jan. 26 were Constance Scott, 89, and Cheryl Halperyn, 80, both Pittsford residents, said sheriff’s spokeswoman Amy Young. According to Pittsford town tax records, Halperyn owned 82 Callingham Road. Young said that both women lived at the home, which was heavily damaged in the blaze.

Pittsford Fire Chief Steve Cline said last month that the first firefighters on scene on Jan. 26 found heavy flames rising from the front corner of the house Firefighters located two deceased people within the house.

“Our sincere condolences to the families and friends of both victims,” Young said in a news release.

Fire officials continue to investigate the blaze. A cause for the fire was not released.

Callingham Road is located within a neighborhood just south of Fairport Road and near the town’s border with Perinton.

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Constance Scott, Cheryl Halperyn killed in Pittsford NY fire