Police name woman killed in house fire

POLICE have named the woman who died in a house fire outside Dromara in the early hours of Tuesday morning as 78 year old Sadie Ferguson.

The blaze at the house on the Dundrum Road was reported to police at 3.50am.

The exact cause of the fire is still under investigation.

A neighbour called the emergency services after his smoke alarm was set off by the fire. The pensioner was dead when fire crews arrived.

There has been extensive damage to the property.

The family living next door were able to get out of their house safely.

Full report and reaction to the tragedy in this week’s Star

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