Woman held over fatal fire at Mallow apartment complex

Two people died and two others were injured in incident at Granary Court last week

A woman has been arrested by gardaí investigating a fatal fire at an apartment block in Mallow, Co Cork.
A woman has been arrested by gardaí investigating a fatal fire at an apartment block in Mallow, Co Cork.

A woman has been arrested by gardaí investigating a fatal fire at an apartment block in Mallow, Co Cork.

Two men, John Palmer and Greg Lonergan, died in the fire and two others were seriously injured during the incident at the Granary Court complex late last Wednesday.

The woman, aged in her 20s, was arrested in Cork city today and is being held at Mallow Garda station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984.

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