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| Funerals for fire tragedy family | Funerals for fire tragedy family |
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| The funerals are taking place for seven members of the same family killed in a house fire in Omagh last month. | |
| Arthur McElhill will be buried in County Fermanagh, but partner Lorraine McGovern and their five children will be buried in County Cavan. | Arthur McElhill will be buried in County Fermanagh, but partner Lorraine McGovern and their five children will be buried in County Cavan. |
| Requiem Mass is being held at the Sacred Heart Church in Omagh. | |
| Mediators were reportedly brought in when it emerged that Arthur McElhill was being treated as a suspect in a murder investigation about the fire. | Mediators were reportedly brought in when it emerged that Arthur McElhill was being treated as a suspect in a murder investigation about the fire. |
| Petrol | Petrol |
| Police began a murder inquiry after investigators discovered petrol had been scattered inside the house and set alight. | Police began a murder inquiry after investigators discovered petrol had been scattered inside the house and set alight. |
| Arthur McElhill is being treated as a suspect in the murder inquiryNo more details about the murder investigation have been released. | Arthur McElhill is being treated as a suspect in the murder inquiryNo more details about the murder investigation have been released. |
| After the funeral Mass, Mr McElhill's remains will be taken to his home town of Ederney, in County Fermanagh, while the rest of the family will be buried in Corlough, County Cavan, from where Ms McGovern hails. | After the funeral Mass, Mr McElhill's remains will be taken to his home town of Ederney, in County Fermanagh, while the rest of the family will be buried in Corlough, County Cavan, from where Ms McGovern hails. |
| Caroline, 13, Sean, 7, Bellina, 4, Clodagh, 19 months and nine-month-old James all died in the fire which swept through their home in Lammy Crescent in the early hours of 13 November. | Caroline, 13, Sean, 7, Bellina, 4, Clodagh, 19 months and nine-month-old James all died in the fire which swept through their home in Lammy Crescent in the early hours of 13 November. |
| Pupils from Sacred Heart College and St Conor's Primary School have been forming a guard of honour for the cortege. |