18/02/2004

Man dies in house fire in Newtownabbey

A man has died and three people were rescued following three separate fires across Northern Ireland overnight.

In Newtownabbey, a man, reported to be in his 40s, died after a fire broke out at a house in Cherryvale Park area shortly after 10pm. He has not yet been named. Police and forensic experts were examining the scene of the blaze today.

Earlier a man and woman were rescued by emergency services after their house caught fire in Clandeboye Place, Bangor. The couple were taken to hospital were they were treated for smoke inhalation.

At around the same time another man was rescued from his home in Doagh after a fire broke out in the kitchen. He was also treated for smoke inhalation.

(MB)

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