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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Sophie Collins

Gardaí investigating 'all circumstances' after the deaths of two children in fatal car fire in Westmeath

Gardaí in Mullingar say they are investigating all of the possible circumstances after the deaths of an infant and a child in a fatal car fire in Westmeath on Friday, September 9, 2022.

Emergency services and gardai rushed to the scene at around 4 pm on Friday, after the alarm was raised that a car with three occupants was on fire on a rural road at Lackan near Multyfarnham.

An infant boy was removed from the scene by ambulance to Midland Regional Hospital in Mullingar where he was later pronounced dead.

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