Man (31) dies in Co Tipperary house fire

Two crews responded to morning emergency call in Kilnamack East outside Clonmel

Fire services in Clonmel responded to an emergency call shortly after 4am on Thursday. File photograph: Jason Clarke
Fire services in Clonmel responded to an emergency call shortly after 4am on Thursday. File photograph: Jason Clarke

A man has died following a house fire in Tipperary on Thursday morning.

Fire services in Clonmel responded to an emergency call shortly after 4am, and confirmed that a 31 year old had died in the incident.

He was the only inhabitant at the house, and the scene has been preserved for a technical examination.

The property, believed to be a dormer bungalow, is just off the Dungarvan Road in Kilnamack East outside Clonmel, and the fire brigade responded with two crews and a tanker.