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| Woman dies in city house blaze | Woman dies in city house blaze |
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| A woman has died in a fire at a house in a residential area of Newry, County Down. | A woman has died in a fire at a house in a residential area of Newry, County Down. |
| The alarm was raised at about 0740 GMT on Saturday when a neighbour walking his dog spotted smoke coming from the Quayside Close property. | |
| Fire crews who arrived shortly afterwards found an unconscious woman, thought to be in her 50s, inside the house. | Fire crews who arrived shortly afterwards found an unconscious woman, thought to be in her 50s, inside the house. |
| It is understood she was pronounced dead a short time later. | It is understood she was pronounced dead a short time later. |
| Two fire crews from Newry and one from Warrenpoint helped fight the blaze. | |
| Heat damage | |
| Fire service station commander Dermot Rooney said a lot of internal smoke damage had been caused to the interior of the house. | |
| "There was a lot of localised heat damage. Because the incident is still under investigation, and although not specific to this incident, I would like to remind people that this is a timely opportunity to revisit the testing of their smoke alarms," he said. | |
| "There was a smoke alarm fitted in this premises, whether or not it activated is under investigation." | |
| It is understood the victim lived alone and, according to local people, was a widow in her 50s. | |
| Police and fire investigators are working to establish the exact cause of the blaze. |