Pensioner living alone dies in Co Mayo house fire

A pensioner living alone died in a house fire at his detached home in Newport, Co Mayo, yesterday morning

A pensioner living alone died in a house fire at his detached home in Newport, Co Mayo, yesterday morning. The victim was named as Denis Cartron (69) of Seaview Road.

The alarm was raised by a neighbour who spotted flames just before 9am. Two units of Mayo fire brigade responded to the outbreak, but were unable to save Mr Cartron.

Although the exact cause of the fire has not been determined, gardaí do not believe there was anything suspicious about the outbreak.

Mr Cartron’s body was taken to Mayo General Hospital in Castlebar, where a postmortem was to be carried out.