IEThe Irish Times
Public reminded of importance of smoke alarms as house fire deaths up by a third
Thirty-four people died in house fires last year – the most since 2017
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- 19 Aug 2026, 12:16 UTC
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 19 Aug 2026, 12:08 UTC
- Source updated
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- Byline
- Ronan McGreevy
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Thirty-four people died in house fires last year – the most since 2017
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Public reminded of importance of smoke alarms as house fire deaths up by a third
Thirty-four people died in house fires last year – the most since 2017
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- #71
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- 19 Aug 2026, 12:16 UTC
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- news-ledger/0.1
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