A fire in Bedford Park has claimed the life of a 78-year-old woman in one of the coldest weeks this winter season.

EMS and fire crews rushed to 2874 Grand Concourse to battle the blaze that began in her kitchen just before 3:30am in frigid temperatures, according to police.

The victim was pronounced dead on scene with no other reported injuries, said police.

The FDNY typically sees an uptick in fires during the height of the winter season as temperatures plunge and residents seek to warm up their apartments.

Building records show the property’s boiler caught fire in April 2011, forcing FDNY crews out. There were very little heat complaints filed by the New York Cotu Department of Housing Preservation and Development, though a message scribbled on the building’s apartment mailboxes read “we need heat.”

Reports from WABC-TV said fire crews found it difficult fighting the blaze mainly because of slippery conditions outside the buildings . Department of Sanitation crews arrived to salt the streets.

The investigation is ongoing. The Buildings Department has sent out a crew to determine the apartment’s structural integrity.