Blaze victim, six, tried to escape flames in wardrobe

THE boy who died when his family’s mobile home was engulfed in flames on a Limerick halting site on Sunday has been named as Thomas Connors Jnr, aged six.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2005 - 01:00

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

He hid in a wardrobe in the mobile home, trying to hide from the blaze.

His father, Thomas, made repeated attempts to find his son, but was beaten back by flames.

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Courts Place: Limerick Place: Clondrina Place: Ennis Place: Shannon Place: Cross’s Funeral Home Place: Gerald Griffin Street Place: Christ The King Church Place: Caherdavin Place: Craughaun cemetery Person: Thomas Connors Person: Thomas Person: Elizabeth Organisation: Limerick Fire Brigade Organisation: Mid-Western Regional Hospital

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