Man dies following fire in flat

A fire appliance is parked in the middle of the road as a firefighter gathers items from an open area near the back of the vehicle. The front od a rapid response ambulance is visible in a parked area beside a number of cars.

A man in his 60s has died following a fire at a flat in Londonderry.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) was called to the blaze in the Bloomfield Park area of Galliagh at 15.39 BST on Wednesday.

Ambulance crews and police also attended and a police cordon remained in place on Thursday.

A post-mortem examination will take place, police said, adding officers remain at the scene with enquiries into the fire ongoing.

NIFRS said five fire appliances were sent to the scene.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said they dispatched a rapid response paramedic and an ambulance officer to the incident, but no one was taken from the scene.

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