Gardaí treat fire that killed girl, 5, as suspicious

GARDAÍ are treating the house fire which claimed the life of a five-year-old girl in Boyle, Co Roscommon, as suspicious.

The house at Termon Road has been sealed off as crime scene examiners carry out forensic checks following the fire which broke out between 2.30am and 3am yesterday.

The body of Marie Keane-Connolly, 5, was discovered in an upstairs bedroom of the two-storey terraced house.