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17/11/2014
Investigation Launches Into Fatal L'Derry House Fire
An investigation has been launched in L'Derry following the death of a man in a house fire on Upper Bennett Street.
Emergency services were called to reports of a house fire at about 8am on Sunday morning.
Fire crews found the man in the house, and despite efforts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is understood that a neighbour had tried to rescue the man from the house but was unable to reach him.
A forensic examination of the scene was carried out on Sunday and police say that their investigation is ongoing.
(MH/CD)
Emergency services were called to reports of a house fire at about 8am on Sunday morning.
Fire crews found the man in the house, and despite efforts to revive him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.
It is understood that a neighbour had tried to rescue the man from the house but was unable to reach him.
A forensic examination of the scene was carried out on Sunday and police say that their investigation is ongoing.
(MH/CD)
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