ONE MAN HAS been killed in a house fire near the centre of Dublin today. The fire broke out just after 1am in a house on the North Circular Road. Two other people were rescued from the house by five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade who attended the scene. RTE is reporting that the two rescued people, a 42-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man, are both being treated in the Mater Hospital. The woman is in a critical condition with severe burns, while the man is suffering from smoke inhalation. Technical experts are still trying to establish what caused the fire.

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