
The incident took place yesterday at around 5am.
A man has been left with life-threatening injuries after a fire in Offaly.
The blaze broke out in a home on Church Street, Tullamore, at around 5 o'clock yesterday morning.
The man, aged in his 50s, is being treated for serious injuries at St James' Hospital in Dublin.
Gardaí in Tullamore have conducted a technical examination of the scene, and no other injuries have been reported.