Dropped cigarette may have caused fatal fire

A DROPPED cigarette may have caused a fire which claimed the life of a 34-year-old man.

Terry Fitzgerald, who was originally from Ringaskiddy, Co Cork died after fire broke out at an apartment in Mallow, which he was sharing with his partner, Sarah Byrne.

She was recovering from smoke inhalation in Mallow General Hospital yesterday. The 45-year-old was saved by a neighbour who heard screams coming for the apartment at Fairgreen.