Sad news as local man dies following a fire at a house yesterday afternoon
The Police Service of Northern Ireland can confirm a man aged in his seventies has died following a fire at a house in the Waterside area of Londonderry.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of a blaze at a house on Limavady Road, which was reported at around 1.30pm on Sunday, 22nd February.
Police are continuing to conduct enquiries into the circumstances of the fire, however, at this time, it is not being treated as suspicious.
Part of Limavady Road closed to traffic for a time, as emergency services dealt with the blaze, but has now reopened.