Written by Nora Samworth  
Monday, 23 November 2015 11:54

An elderly man has died in a house fire outside Clonmel this morning.

 At around 1.30am the fire service was called to a fire in Kilsheelan.

They discovered the body of a man in his 80s.

He was pronounced dead at the scene and it is understood that he was the only person in the house at the time.

A techinal examination of the scene is underway