Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding a house fire in Ballymote which claimed the life of a man yesterday morning.
Gardaí and emergency services attended the scene at the Corn Mill estate around 8am.
The fire is not being treated as suspicious and is being viewed as a tragic incident.
The man, aged in his fifties, was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was removed to Sligo University Hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Gardaí have said that a technical examination of the scene has been carried out.
