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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Elaine Keogh

Tragedy as woman in her 70s dies in house fire in Co Louth

A woman in her seventies has died in a house fire in Dundalk, Co Louth.

The alarm was raised around 11pm on Tuesday.

Gardai confirmed that the woman was removed from the property and pronounced dead at the scene.

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No other injuries were reported and the scene on Bachelor's Walk is currently preserved for technical examination.

Four appliances responded to the fire and a number of firefighters wearing breathing apparatus entered the property to search for the woman.

It is understood the woman was found in the living room at the rear of the two storey house and that she had lived on her own.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

It is just over a week since a man in his eighties died following a house fire in Termonfeckin, in south Louth.

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