Elderly woman dies in Cork fire
An 86-year-old woman has died in a fire at her apartment in Youghal, County Cork.
The alarm was raised when smoke was spotted coming from an upstairs room in a building on North Main Street.
Fire crews responded but were unable to resuscitate the elderly woman who had been living alone.
Her body has been removed to Cork University Hospital.
A post mortem will be carried out tomorrow.
