Fire victim to be named

Gardai are expected this morning to release the name of a man who died during a house fire at his home in Ballymore Eustace, …

Gardai are expected this morning to release the name of a man who died during a house fire at his home in Ballymore Eustace, Co Kildare early yesterday morning.

The alarm was raised at around 3.30 a.m. by passers-by on the Coughlanstown Road a mile from the village. The severely burned body of the man was found in the bedroom of the bungalow and was taken to Naas General Hospital.

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