Person dies in house fire

The body of a person was recovered from a house fire at Glenaulin Road, Palmerstown, Co Dublin early this morning

The body of a person was recovered from a house fire at Glenaulin Road, Palmerstown, Co Dublin early this morning. Two units of Dublin fire brigade attended the blaze, believed to have started in a boiler house at around 12.15 a.m. Gardai said the person's identity had not yet been established. The house has been sealed off the house pending forensic examination.

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