An elderly Barnegat woman struggles to overcome severe, extensive burns she sustained in an apparent cooking accident in her home this morning, which is under scrutiny by Ocean County investigators.

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Anne Honebein, 83, is being treated at Temple Burn Center in Philadelphia, where she was rushed after first being admitted to Atlanticare Trauma Center in Atlantic City, according to the office of Ocean County Prosecutor Joseph D. Coronato.

Results of preliminary investigations indicate that the senior's sweater and pants caught fire while she was preparing pancakes and tea in her home in the Mirage retirement community.

She quickly called her daughter at her nearby place of employment. The younger woman found her mother prone on her kitchen floor, began first aid procedures and called 911. Barnegat police and firefighters responded at 10:27 AM, authorities said.

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