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01st Sep 2022

Gardaí arrest two men over fatal house fire that occurred over 10 years ago

Alan Loughnane

Kerry house fire

A man and his five-year-old daughter died in the fire.

Two men have been arrested in connection with a fatal house fire that occurred in Kerry over ten years ago.

A man and his five-year-old daughter died following the fire in Tralee.

Gardaí investigating the fire that occurred at the property on Kileen Heights on 12 May 2012 have arrested three people in total during the investigation.

A man aged in his 30s was arrested in June 2022 but has since been released without charge with a file being prepared for the DPP.

A further two men (both in their 40s) were arrested on Thursday morning (1 September).

Both are currently detained under the provisions of Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at Tralee and Killarney Garda stations.

Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

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