A woman in her 70s has died in a house fire in Shannon, Co Clare.
The alarm was raised at around 1:30am this morning, when the blaze at a house in the Hurler's Cross area was spotted by a motorist on the nearby N18 dual carriageway.
Gardaí, ambulance personnel and two units of the fire service from Shannon attended the scene.
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The body of the woman was discovered inside the property.
A post mortem examination is due to be carried out later today.
Gardaí are treating the incident as a tragic accident.
