Woman (80s) dies in Dublin house fire

It broke out in the Mountain Park estate in Tallaght on Wednesday evening.
Woman (80s) dies in Dublin house fire

Ellen O'Donoghue

A woman in her 80s has died in a house fire in Dublin.

It broke out in the Mountain Park estate in Tallaght on Wednesday evening, with gardaí and emergency services attending the scene just before 7pm.

Dublin Fire Brigade worked to bring the blaze under control, but the woman was pronounced dead at the scene, Newstalk reported.

A postmortem will be carried out on her body, while gardaí will conduct a technical exam of the scene.

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