Coroner questions materials used in mobile homes after man dies in blaze

A CORONER has questioned the materials being used to make mobile homes after a man burned to death in a fire.

Thu, 31 Mar, 2011 - 01:00

Stephen Maguire

Columba Doherty had been celebrating a 21st birthday party when he returned home to his mobile home in Brinaleck, Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal, on January 31, 2008.

However, only the shell of the mobile home belonging to the 29-year-old handyman was found the next morning at 7.30am.

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Courts Place: Brinaleck Place: Gaoth Dobhair, Co Donegal Place: Letterkenny Person: Coroner Person: Columba Doherty Person: Doherty Person: Ann McFadden Person: Gerry O’Rourke Person: Dr Person: O’Rourke Person: John Harkin Person: John Canon Organisation: Coroner’s Court Organisation: Garda Forensic Crime Scene

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