Victims of Gort fire named locally
Galway Bay fm newsroom - The victims of a fire at a flat complex in Gort yesterday have been named locally as 38 year old Ben Whiteman and 65 year old Nuala Sweeney.
Both died after a blaze broke out at 2.50 yesterday morning at Tom O'Donnell's Flats on the Railway Road, where they lived.The incident is not being treated as suspicious.Loughrea area Councillor Bridie Willers says people in Gort will do all they can to support the families involved.