Breaking: Deceased couple who died in Crossbarry house fire named locally
A couple in their 70s, Willie and Geraldine Hawkes, died in a house fire in Raheen, County Cork. Local authorities are conducting a technical examination to determine the cause of the tragic accident.
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The two people who died following a house fire at Raheen near Crossbarry yesterday morning have been named as Willie and Geraldine Hawkes.
The couple, who were in their 70s, were well-known in the area and lives closed to the Crosspound Bar.
It is understood one of them raised the alarm to emergency services at approximately 7am yesterday morning before they died in the fire.
Fire services from both Cork city and Bandon attended the house fire at approximately 7.30am yesterday morning along with garda and the ambulance service where the fire had already spread across the detached house.
A County Fire Service spokesperson said that on arrival at the scene the fire was well established and two fatalities have been removed from the scene.
Crews from both Bandon and Macroom Fire services had continued to remain at the scene dampening down.
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