Baby girl dies in Belfast house fire

A ten month old baby girl has died in a house fire in Belfast.

A ten month old baby girl has died in a house fire in Belfast.

The fire broke out on Orkney St at around 7pm yesterday. A five year-old boy who was also in the house was taken to hospital suffering from suspected smoke inhalation.

A woman, a toddler and a 10 year-old girl escaped uninjured.

The PSNI are not treating the fire as suspicious.

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