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10/04/2008
Elderly Bangor Man Dies In House Fire
Fire crews were unable to save an elderly man who died last night in a house fire.
The victim, aged in his 80s, was fatally injured following a fire at his home in Bangor, County Down.
The police said he was found by fire crews in the hallway of the house in Innisfayle Drive just after 10pm on Wednesday after he had tried to tackle the blaze himself.
They said that neighbours were alerted by the man's smoke alarm going off and they then called the fire and rescue service.
Police said they were investigating the death, but that it was not being treated as suspicious at the moment.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the body to establish the cause of death.
Two fire appliances tackled the blaze, which caused damage to the hallway of the house.
Stephen Boyd, from the NI Fire and Rescue Service, said crews dealt with the fire within minutes of arriving. The man was taken to hospital where he later died.
"He had discovered the fire before the smoke alarms went off and had been trying to deal with the fire himself," he said.
(BMcC)
The victim, aged in his 80s, was fatally injured following a fire at his home in Bangor, County Down.
The police said he was found by fire crews in the hallway of the house in Innisfayle Drive just after 10pm on Wednesday after he had tried to tackle the blaze himself.
They said that neighbours were alerted by the man's smoke alarm going off and they then called the fire and rescue service.
Police said they were investigating the death, but that it was not being treated as suspicious at the moment.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out on the body to establish the cause of death.
Two fire appliances tackled the blaze, which caused damage to the hallway of the house.
Stephen Boyd, from the NI Fire and Rescue Service, said crews dealt with the fire within minutes of arriving. The man was taken to hospital where he later died.
"He had discovered the fire before the smoke alarms went off and had been trying to deal with the fire himself," he said.
(BMcC)
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