Gardaí are investigating a fatal house fire in Edenderry, County Offaly that claimed the lives of a boy and a woman in her 60s and left a woman in her 50s seriously injured The scene of a house fire in Edenderry, Co Offaly, where a woman and a young boy have died (Image: Aisling Hyland/PA Wire)

A young boy and a woman in her 60s have been killed in a house fire, Gardaí have confirmed. A woman in her 50s has been left seriously injured in the fire which happened in Castleview Park, Edenderry, Offaly around 7.45pm on Saturday, December 6.

Police have now launched a murder investigation and the property has been declared a crime scene. Gardaí are urging anyone who witnessed the incident to step forward, reports the Irish Mirror .

A Garda statement said: "An Garda Síochána has com

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