Year-old boy dies after house fire in Bray

A year-old boy injured in a house fire in Bray in Co Wicklow yesterday has died.

A year-old boy injured in a house fire in Bray in Co Wicklow yesterday has died.

Christopher Cahill died early this morning at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin in Dublin.

The child's mother Ms Theresa Cahill who is being treated at Loughlinstown Hospital in Co Dublin still remains in critical condition.

Two other children, aged three and four, and a baby-sitter escaped the fire in Oldcourt Avenue.

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Insp Pat Ward of at Bray Garda station said several "brave efforts" were made by neighbours to rescue the two but they were driven back by smoke.