Post mortem examination due on victim of Connemara house fire

Galway Bay fm newsroom – A postmortem examination is due to be carried out on the body of an elderly man who died in a house fire in Connemara overnight. The blaze broke out at the house in Lower Camus, Rosmuc just after 11.30 last night when neighbours noticed the blaze. Two units of Clifden fire brigade rushed to the scene and spent three hours bringing the blaze under control. A 73 year old man, who was the only occupant of the house, died as a result of the fire. A routine examination of the scene is being carried out by Gardaí.