Olivia Kelleher
A woman in her 60s has died following a house fire in Ballyvolane on the northside of Cork city.
Two units of Cork City Fire Brigade attended at the scene at around 9am on Thursday after a fire broke out in a house on Barnavara Crescent in Banduff, Ballyvolane.
Units of the fire service from Ballyvolane and Anglesea Street managed to bring the fire under control.
A member of the public who spotted the blaze had raised the alarm at 8.43am.
A female occupant of the house was pronounced dead at the scene. Her body was removed to Cork University Hospital for a postmortem examination.
The scene has been preserved for a full technical examination in order to determine the cause of the fire.
Garda enquiries are ongoing. However, it is understood that the fire was accidental.
