TWO Irish people are amongst the dead after a house fire in Hornchurch in east London, which killed three elderly people.
Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers were called to a blaze in the early hours of Monday morning, February 6.
Part of the ground floor of a mid-terraced house was damaged by fire.
Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus managed to get the two men and one woman out of the house, and the three were treated at the scene by the Brigade and London Ambulance Service crews.
However the woman was pronounced dead at the scene at the time of the fire, while the two injured men died later in hospital.
It is believed that the woman and one of the men were a couple visiting from Ireland.
The elderly resident of the house had been unwell, according to the Romford Recorder.
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said: “My thoughts and those of everyone at the Brigade are with the friends and family of the three people who have died following the tragic fire in Hornchurch on Monday morning.
"Firefighters worked extremely hard and did all they could in difficult conditions.”
The Brigade was called at shortly after 4am on Monday and the fire was under control at 5.48am.
Fire crews from Hornchurch, Dagenham and Romford fire stations attended the scene.
Fire investigators and the police are working closely to establish the cause of the fire.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs have confirmed they are providing consular assistance.
Note: This article was amended to correct Romford Reporter to its correct title, Romford Recorder.
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