Northern Ireland

Woman dies in west Belfast house fire

Police are not treating the death as suspicious

Emergency service in the New Barnsley area of West Belfast on Monday.
Emergency services in the New Barnsley area of West Belfast on Monday.

A woman in her 50s has died following a house fire in west Belfast on Monday, police have confirmed.

Police first attended the fire at a house in the New Barnsley Park area at around 3.25pm on Monday alongside other emergency services.

Detective Sergeant Christine Alexander said: “Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service extinguished the blaze but, sadly, a woman was pronounced dead at the scene.

“Police are conducting enquiries into this death, on behalf of the Coroner.

“At this stage, the death is not being treated as suspicious.”