Gardaí investigate Tallaght fire

Gardai are today investigating a fire at a property in Tallaght, Co Dublin early this morning.

Gardai are today investigating a fire at a property in Tallaght, Co Dublin early this morning.

Two occupants of a house at Dunamore Crescent, Killinarden, were helped from their bedroom window by neighbours after they were awakened by the sound of breaking glass in the downstairs front room.

Both occupants, a man and a woman, were taken to Tallaght hospital suffering from smoke inhalation.

It is understood the fire began in the sitting room of the property, but the cause has not yet been established.

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Fiona Gartland

Fiona Gartland

Fiona Gartland is a crime writer and former Irish Times journalist