Man (87) dies in Co Cork house fire

An 87-year-old man has died in a fire at a bungalow in Watergrasshill, Co Cork.

An 87-year-old man has died in a fire at a bungalow in Watergrasshill, Co Cork.

The alarm was raised by a relative who called to the house at Mitchelsfort at around 9.00pm last night. Fire crews recovered the man's body from the house a short time later.

Gardaí are treating the fire as accidental, and the cause is not yet known.

The man has not yet been named.

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