Gardai believe electric fault sparked blaze

AN electrical fault is believed to have caused a Wicklow house fire in which 13 young people were treated for smoke inhalation…

AN electrical fault is believed to have caused a Wicklow house fire in which 13 young people were treated for smoke inhalation.

According to gardai in Wicklow, the fire at Wentworth Place was started by an electrical fault. Gardai yesterday conducted a forensic examination of the premises.

The occupants of the threestorey house, which had been divided into flats, were in their teens and 20s.

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