Family among 12 homeless after fire in Cork City apartments

A mother and her four children, including five-week-old twins, are among 12 residents left without homes following a fire in a block of seven apartments close to Cork City centre last weekend.

Kristina Jagelovica, who also has a 17-month-old and a 16-year-old, was reportedly told by the HSE Emergency Housing Unit that she must seek her own alternative emergency accommodation following the blaze.

Her babies were treated for smoke inhalation after the fire in the early hours of last Saturday. Another tenant was also treated.