Woman dies after being pulled from house blaze

Brave neighbours managed to pull a 76-year-old woman from her burning home in Co Donegal, but she died at the scene just minutes later.

Josephine Higgs who was from Ballyboes, Creeslough, perished after fire swept through her bungalow in the early hours of yesterday.

The fire started at around 1am at the house two miles outside the village. Three fire tenders — two from Letterkenny and another from Falcarragh — along with gardaí, arrived at the scene at 1.30am.