A man has been killed in a house fire in Dalkey, Co Dublin. The fire broke out at a derelict house on Ulverton Road shortly before midnight.
Emergency services, including several units of the fire brigade, were alerted and brought the fire under control a short time later. The body of the man, in his 40s, was discovered during an examination of the house following the blaze.
The body has been removed to Loughlinstown hospital where a postmortem will be carried out.
Gardaí do not believe the fire is suspicious, a Garda spokesman said.
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The spokesman said the scene has been preserved for a technical examination. The State Pathologist attended the scene earlier today.