A tight-knit community was left shattered after a devastating house blaze killed a 42-year-old woman and left a teenage girl, 15, fighting for her life in hospital.
Emergency services raced to the scene of the fire on Saint Thomas Street North at around 4.10pm on Saturday (June 24) and immediately evacuated residents as the fire quickly took hold of the terraced house.
Crews remained at the scene overnight as the fire took hours to get under control. The road remained closed off throughout Sunday (June 25) for investigations to be carried out with residents warned it may be well over a week until they can return home.
