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An 18-month-old baby girl has died after a house fire in Dungiven, County Londonderry. | An 18-month-old baby girl has died after a house fire in Dungiven, County Londonderry. |
The family managed to escape from the house in Killyblight Road, but the child died later in hospital. | The family managed to escape from the house in Killyblight Road, but the child died later in hospital. |
Three other children, aged five, 10 and 12, and their parents suffered severe smoke inhalation. They are in a stable condition in hospital. | |
The blaze, which is not being treated as suspicious, broke out in a bedroom of the house at 2300 BST on Tuesday. | The blaze, which is not being treated as suspicious, broke out in a bedroom of the house at 2300 BST on Tuesday. |
Police said the fire was not being treated as suspicious. | Police said the fire was not being treated as suspicious. |
Three fire appliances, one from Dungiven and two from Limavady , attended the incident. | Three fire appliances, one from Dungiven and two from Limavady , attended the incident. |
Sinn Fein assembly member Francie Brolly said the community was devastated. | Sinn Fein assembly member Francie Brolly said the community was devastated. |
"Everybody is going to have to rally round here and give them all the help they can," he said. | |
"It's going to be an awful, awful thing for them whenever they try to settle back into normal life again." |