A man in his fifties has died following a house fire in Ardee, Co Louth, yesterday morning. The fire was noticed by the man's wife just after 10 a.m. in a downstairs room and quickly spread to the rest of the house, which is in the Sliabh Breagh estate on the Drogheda road.
Units from Ardee and Drogheda fire stations fought the blaze and two firemen suffered facial burns. The deceased man's wife received medical treatment for smoke inhalation.