Overview
- A man in his 60s was rescued unresponsive from an upstairs bedroom after a 3am fire on Noonan's Road in Cork city and later died at Cork University Hospital.
- Firefighters in Cork used breathing apparatus to enter the property as emergency crews arrived within minutes, and a forensic examination is planned.
- Initial indications in the Cork case point to an accidental fire, the Office of the State Pathologist has been contacted, and a file will be prepared for the Coroner.
- A separate blaze at about 6pm in the Carrigeen housing estate in Clonmel left a man in his 70s dead at the scene, with his body taken to University Hospital Waterford for a post-mortem.
- Cahir and Clonmel fire units brought the Tipperary fire under control after roughly two hours, the scene remains preserved for technical and forensic examinations, and Gardaí are seeking information at 052-6177640.