A man in his 30s has been killed in a house fire in the early hours of Tuesday morning in Co Tipperary.
Emergency services were alerted after a fire broke out at a home on St Michaels Avenue, in Tipperary town, at about 5am.
Firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze and afterwards discovered the body of a man inside the home.
No one else was injured in the fire, and a technical examination of the house is to take place to try and establish the cause of the fire. Gardaí currently believe that the fire was not started deliberately.
A Garda spokesman issued an appeal for any witnesses who may have noticed anything at the time of the fire to contact Tipperary Town Garda Station on 062-80670.
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