Ballymoney: Man in his 50s has died in Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast following fire at flat
Police have confirmed a man in his 50s has died following a fire at a property in the Main Street area of Ballymoney on Tuesday morning.
The man passed away in the Royal Victoria Hospital.
Emergency services received a report of the fire shortly before 7am. It is not being treated as deliberate.
Firefighters from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) responded to the emergency with three fire appliances, two from Ballymoney and one from Coleraine. Aerial support from Northland Fire Station in Derry / Londonderry was also in attendance.
Police, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service crews and the Air Ambulance Northern Ireland were also tasked to the scene.
A NIFRS spokesperson said firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used one jet and two hose reel jets to extinguish the fire.
"One casualty was rescued from the property and transferred to the care of Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.”
Firefighters left the scene at 9.45am.
The NIFRS later said the cause of the fire is believed to be accidental.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said it received a 999 call at 6.59am.
"NIAS despatched two emergency ambulance crews, two ambulance officers, a rapid response paramedic and the charity air ambulance with HEMS on
board,” a NIAS spokesperson confirmed.
"One person was taken to Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast by ambulance.”
Road users had been asked to avoid the Main Street area while emergency services were at the scene.
"Traffic management for this area is no longer in place,” the PSNI spokesperson has now confirmed.