Man in his 50s dies following house fire in Ballymoney

Police have confirmed that a man in his 50s has died following a house fire in the Main Street area of Ballymoney on the morning of Tuesday 1 July.

Emergency services were alerted shortly before 7:00am, with officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS), and Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) attending the scene.

Firefighters from Ballymoney, Coleraine and Northland stations responded quickly, using breathing apparatus and jets to extinguish the fire in a mid-terrace flat. One man was rescued from the property and transferred to hospital by NIAS.

In an updated statement, police confirmed:

“Police can confirm a man in his 50s has died following a fire at a house in the Main Street area of Ballymoney, this morning, Tuesday, 1st July.”

The man was transported to the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast, where he was later pronounced dead.

Police also confirmed there are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the incident:

“This is not being treated as deliberate.”

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service had dispatched two Emergency Ambulance Crews, two Ambulance Officers, a Rapid Response Paramedic and the Charity Air Ambulance with HEMS (Helicopter Emergency Medical Service) support.

NIFRS previously stated that crews left the scene at 9.56am, following more than three hours of emergency response activity. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

Local traffic disruption, which was in place during the emergency operation, has now been cleared.

“Traffic management for this area is no longer in place,” the PSNI confirmed.

The community has been left shocked by the incident, and no further details about the deceased have been released at this time.