Elderly man dies in house fire on University of Limerick campus as gardaí launch investigation
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Gardaí are investigating a fatal house fire at a house, on the campus grounds of the University of Limerick.
An elderly man, understood to have been an academic, died in the blaze.
The fire broke out at a house at Kilmurry Village shortly before midnight and the man’s body remains at the scene pending further garda and pathology enquiries.
Fire Service control received the alert at 11:41pm and dispatched four tender units including a high-rise platform, from Limerick City, and from Cappamore, in the county.
Firefighters attached to the Limerick City and County Fire Service spent five hours at the scene, putting out the fire and damping down the scene before returning to their bases after 5am this morning.
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Gardaí remain at the scene and are investigating all of the circumstances in relation to what caused the fire.
A Garda spokesman confirmed Gardaí were alerted “at approximately 11:45pm of a report of a fire…
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