Blaze which claimed man’s life believed accidental

Gardaí believe the house fire which claimed the life of a 22-year-old man in Cork City yesterday started accidentally.

Jonathan O’Keeffe, who was from the city, died after a fire broke out just before 4am on the top floor of a three-storey building at Charlemont Terrace, off Wellington Rd, where he was renting a flat.

The young man was rushed by ambulance to Cork University Hospital but was pronounced dead a short time later.