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12/10/2011
Woman Held Over Deadly Boyle Blaze
A 50 year-old woman has been arrested in connection with a Roscommon house fire that claimed the life of a five year-old girl.
The arrested woman is being held in Boyle Garda Station where a man in his 30s also remains in custody in connection with the fire.
The blaze broke out at a property on Termon Road, Boyle on October 3 and the alarm was raised at around 3am.
Garda investigating the fatal house fire in Boyle believe that the fire was started maliciously.
Five-year-old Mari Connolly died in the blaze. Her father Richard, believed to be in his 40s, and her two sisters, aged six and eight, escaped from the home.
With the two children in his arms Richard jumped from a second storey window to escape the blaze. It is understood that father sustain serious back injuries. They were all taken to Sligo General Hospital.
(LB/BMcC)
The arrested woman is being held in Boyle Garda Station where a man in his 30s also remains in custody in connection with the fire.
The blaze broke out at a property on Termon Road, Boyle on October 3 and the alarm was raised at around 3am.
Garda investigating the fatal house fire in Boyle believe that the fire was started maliciously.
Five-year-old Mari Connolly died in the blaze. Her father Richard, believed to be in his 40s, and her two sisters, aged six and eight, escaped from the home.
With the two children in his arms Richard jumped from a second storey window to escape the blaze. It is understood that father sustain serious back injuries. They were all taken to Sligo General Hospital.
(LB/BMcC)
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