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| The search is resuming for the remaining two members of a family of seven feared to have died in a house fire in Omagh, County Tyrone. | |
| Arthur McElhill, Lorraine McGovern and their five children are thought to have been killed in the blaze, which started at about 0500 GMT on Tuesday. | |
| Five bodies have been found in the house at Lammy Crescent. | |
| None of the remains have been removed yet and the identities have not been released. | |
| Father Tom McManus, the parish priest in Corlagh in County Cavan where Lorraine McGovern grew up, said they had been a very close family. | |
| "It's just devastating when you look back at those things, the happy times and the good times," he said. | |
| "They were reminiscing about that the last time we had spoken together - the last time they had visited, at the baptism... it's just horrendous." | |
| Deputy chief fire officer Louis Jones said the bodies were discovered in upstairs bedrooms. | Deputy chief fire officer Louis Jones said the bodies were discovered in upstairs bedrooms. |
| "In my 30 years of service, it has to be the largest loss of life in any house fire I have attended," he added. | "In my 30 years of service, it has to be the largest loss of life in any house fire I have attended," he added. |
| None of the remains have been removed from the scene. | None of the remains have been removed from the scene. |
| The eldest of the five children, Caroline, 13, attended the nearby Sacred Heart College. | The eldest of the five children, Caroline, 13, attended the nearby Sacred Heart College. |
| The other four were Sean, 7, Bellina, 4, Clodagh ,19 months and James, who was nine months old. | The other four were Sean, 7, Bellina, 4, Clodagh ,19 months and James, who was nine months old. |
| Sean and Bellina were pupils at St Conor's Primary School, which was closed following the tragedy. | Sean and Bellina were pupils at St Conor's Primary School, which was closed following the tragedy. |
| Chief Superintendent Norman Baxter said police were investigating the cause of the blaze. | |
| "It is very early in the investigation and we will be looking at a range of issues, including the period leading up to the fire," he said. | "It is very early in the investigation and we will be looking at a range of issues, including the period leading up to the fire," he said. |