Home of elderly lady destroyed in late-night Hallowe’en blaze

THE home of an elderly lady was gutted by fire on Hallowe’en night.

Gardaí declined last night to speculate on the cause of the blaze which destroyed the house off Clonakilty’s MacCurtain Street in West Cork in the early hours of yesterday morning.

The house, which is less than 100 yards from the town’s garda station, was unoccupied at the time.