Gardaí investigate after elderly man dies in house fire
Gardaí are investigating a fatal fire in Longford.
Emergency services were called to a house at Ballinalee at around 8pm last night.
A man in his eighties was found dead at the scene.
His remains have been removed to Mullingar mortuary, where a post mortem is expected to be carried out.
At this stage there is nothing to suggest the fire started suspiciously.
