Two people have died following a house fire in West Cork on Tuesday morning.
Firefighters and gardaí were rushed to the scene in Innishannon after the blaze broke out in an isolated area at around 8am.
The house was understood to have been significantly damaged by the fire, which reportedly claimed the life of two people.
Emergency services were said to be searching the rubble to determine if anyone else was trapped inside.
A Garda statement said: ‘Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of a fire that occurred at a domestic residence in Innishannon, Co Cork, this morning.
‘As this is an ongoing incident no further information is available at this time.’
The ambulance service and firefighters from Bandon and Cork city are assisting gardaí at the scene.
No further information has been released about the incident.
