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20/10/2014
Teenager Dies In Cork House Fire
A teenager has died in a house fire in Co Cork on Sunday.
Emergency services were called to the Elmvale area at around 3pm.
It is thought the 17-year-old male fell asleep after leaving the chip pan on.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No-one else was in the house at the time of the incident.
His body has been removed to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem is due to be carried out.
(CD/MH)
Emergency services were called to the Elmvale area at around 3pm.
It is thought the 17-year-old male fell asleep after leaving the chip pan on.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No-one else was in the house at the time of the incident.
His body has been removed to Cork University Hospital where a post-mortem is due to be carried out.
(CD/MH)
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