Woman killed in Enniskillen house fire

Updated

A woman has died in a fire at a house in Co Fermanagh.

The blaze happened in the Silverhill Park area of Enniskillen overnight.

PSNI Inspector John McKenna said: "Police received a report of a fire at the house shortly before midnight last night, Sunday, 27 December. Emergency services attended but unfortunately the woman was found deceased at the scene.

"A man who had also been in the house at the time of the fire has been taken to hospital for treatment to his injuries.

"The fire is not being treated as suspicious at this time."

It is the second fatal house fire in Enniskillen in just under a month.

Ulster Unionist MP Tom Elliott said: "I knew the lady and her wider family that died in this tragedy.

"It is difficult for the family and wider community when such a tragedy strikes."

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