Gardaí wait to speak with two blaze survivors

Gardaí are still waiting to speak to a man and woman who remain in hospital following a fire which claimed the lives of two men in a Co Cork apartment.

Garda forensic experts continued yesterday to comb through the wreckage of the apartment at Granary Court, Mallow, in an attempt find out what started the fire.

It led to the deaths of John Palmer, 37, originally from Tallaght, Co Dublin, and Greg Lonergan, 36, from north Cork.