An elderly man who died in a house fire in Falkirk has been named locally as Joseph Faichnie.
Fire crews raced to the elderly couple's home on Anderson Drive at roughly 10.40pm on Sunday, March 5 after receiving reports of a blaze. Six appliances were mobilised and firefighters worked until 3am to extinguish the inferno.
The 79-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. His wife Lilian, 76, suffered serious injuries and was taken by ambulance to Glasgow Royal Infirmary for treatment.
