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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. | 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. |
| Two fire appliances from Limavady and one from Dungiven attended the incident. | |
| Eamon Gallagher from the Fire Service said the family had managed to get out of the property when he had arrived. | |
| "When we arrived there was bedroom fire which was well developed in the property," he said. | |
| "They had got themselves out but unfortunately the young girl had sustained certain injuries and sadly passed away in hospital." | |
| "It's a very tragic situation and our thoughts are with the family at this stage," he added. | |
| 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. | "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." | "It's going to be an awful, awful thing for them whenever they try to settle back into normal life again." |