House fire kills pensioner in Wexford

A 74 year-old woman died in a fire at her home in Co Wexford this afternoon.

A 74 year-old woman died in a fire at her home in Co Wexford this afternoon.

The woman was discovered just after noon, when her family raised the alarm at the house in Clough, near Gorey.

Emergency services managed to confine the fire to a single room of the house.

Gardaí are not treating the fire as suspicious.

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