Funerals for fire tragedy sisters due today

The funerals of two sisters who died in a house fire in Co Antrim on Sunday are to take place today.

The funerals of two sisters who died in a house fire in Co Antrim on Sunday are to take place today.

Ann Marie O’Boyle (12) died at the scene of the fire at the family home in Toomebridge.

Her sister Catherine (8) died in hospital of her injuries on Monday.

A third sister, aged three, their 17-year-old brother and a 13-year-old friend were badly hurt in the fire, which police believe was a tragic accident.

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The children were dragged from the blazing house outside Toomebridge by neighbours, including farmers who had been working in a nearby field who used a tractor to rescue some of the children from the first floor of the house.