Woman in her 80s dies in house fire in Dublin

Emergency services were called to a house in Cabra West early this morning.

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AN ELDERLY WOMAN died in a house fire in Dublin early this morning.

Emergency services were called to a house in Cabra West at 3.42am today.

Three fire appliances, an emergency tender and a Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance attended the scene.

The woman, aged in her 80s, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was removed to the city morgue in Marino.

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The scene was preserved for a technical examination. The death is not being treated as suspicious.

The fire was brought under control and an investigation by gardaí and fire officers into its cause is underway.

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