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Camp Street in Oughterard. Google Streetview
Camp Street
Woman in her 70s killed in afternoon house fire in Galway
The fire broke out at around 12.30pm, gardaí have said.
A WOMAN IN her 70s has died following a fire this afternoon at a house in Oughterard, Co Galway.
The blaze, on Camp Street, broke out at around 12.30pm.
Emergency services responded and the body of the woman was found later this afternoon.
A post-mortem is expected to take place at University Hospital Galway. There was no-one else in the house at the time, gardaí have said.
The house has been sealed off as forensic tests are carried out.
Investigators don’t believe there will be a criminal investigation in relation to the case.
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