A child has died following a house fire in Ballymena.
Emergency services were called to the scene on Wednesday night in the Staffa Drive area of Ballykeel.
Police along with the ambulance and fire service were called just before 6pm.
It is understood a young girl, believed to be 12-years-old, tragically died.
Local Councillor Matthew Armstrong has paid his tributes to the family.
He told Belfast Live : "My deepest sympathies to the family and everyone involved. It is an unspeakable and unimaginable tragic event and one in an area that has sadly been no stranger to tragedies in last short period of time.
"Sometimes in all honesty there are no words to express or even to imagine what the family are going through at the minute. I am truly devastated and heartbroken for them all."
