PSNI announced that two people died in separate incidents earlier today
The Police Service of Northern Ireland has confirmed that two people have died following fires at separate residential properties today.
Police were notified of a fire in the Queen Victoria Gardens area of North Belfast at around 11.00am.
Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service extinguished the blaze but, sadly, a man aged in his 20s was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The second fire occurred in the Abbey Park area of Bangor, at around 12.30pm. The fire was again extinguished by the Fire & Rescue Service, but a woman aged in her 50s was pronounced dead at the scene. Enquiries are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding both fires; however at this stage, it is not believed that the deaths are suspicious.
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