Gardaí hailed for barn blaze rescue

GARDAÍ believe a 25-year-old woman who suffered serious burns to her face in a blaze at a barn may have lit the fire to keep warm.

Two Wexford-based gardaí have been hailed heroes following their rescue of the woman from the blaze just after 1am yesterday. She was last night named as Tara Price from Llanelli, Wales.

Garda Shane Lucey, from Kanturk in Cork and Garda Martin O’Neill from Westmeath were on patrol duty when they were diverted to the scene of the blaze.