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28/04/2015
Investigation Launches Into Fatal House Fire
Gardaí are investigating the cause of a house fire in Stoneybatter on Sunday that killed a 53-year-old man and left a 90-year-old woman in hospital.
According to reports a relative was alerted to the situation at the house when the elderly woman activated her Medi Alert panic button.
Firefighters entered the house, rescuing the man and woman from the burning building.
The man, believed to be a live-in-carer, was pronounced dead at the scene, but the elderly woman was revived by paramedics.
She is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
Gardaí have said that the fire is "not necessarily being treated as suspicious" gardaí are assessing all avenues of inquiry.
(MH/CD)
According to reports a relative was alerted to the situation at the house when the elderly woman activated her Medi Alert panic button.
Firefighters entered the house, rescuing the man and woman from the burning building.
The man, believed to be a live-in-carer, was pronounced dead at the scene, but the elderly woman was revived by paramedics.
She is said to be in a stable condition in hospital.
Gardaí have said that the fire is "not necessarily being treated as suspicious" gardaí are assessing all avenues of inquiry.
(MH/CD)
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