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Magilligan house fire victim's name released | |
(about 5 hours later) | |
The man who died in a house fire in Magilligan, County Londonderry, on Monday night was 57-year-old Willie Fleming. | |
Mr Fleming died in the blaze in the Drumavally estate at about 22:00 GMT. | |
Limavady Mayor Cathal McLaughlin, who lives nearby, knows the family well and spent time with them on Monday night. | |
He said the tragedy "has deeply shocked family and friends to the core". Priest Fr Frank O'Hagan said Mr Fleming was "just a gentle soul". | |
"I feel very sorry for the family, for his two sisters and brother and for the rest of the family," he said. | |
"He was a very quiet man, but still very well known and very well loved by everybody." | |
Fr O'Hagan said Mr Fleming always visited the local newsagents every morning and many people knew him from there. | Fr O'Hagan said Mr Fleming always visited the local newsagents every morning and many people knew him from there. |
"He would be there most mornings with the two men who run the shop," he said. | |
"He would just be helping them out with the vast amount of newspapers that they do each day, so he would have been seen there most of the time. | "He would just be helping them out with the vast amount of newspapers that they do each day, so he would have been seen there most of the time. |
"He was very humorous as well, he will be sadly missed throughout the parish." | "He was very humorous as well, he will be sadly missed throughout the parish." |