Pregnant woman, 20s, dies in Antrim house fire yesterday evening

A pregnant woman in her 20s has died in a house fire in Co Antrim yesterday.

An investigation is underway into the cause of the blaze which broke out at a house in the Whitepark Road area of Ballycastle.

Emergency services and PSNI personnel arrived at the scene at around 5.30pm yesterday evening.

It is believed the woman, who was recently married and pregnant with her second child, may have suffered an asthma attack as a result of the fire.

Last night a police spokeswoman said: “Police attended the scene of a sudden death of a woman in her 20s in the Whitepark Road area of Ballycastle this evening. The death is not being treated as suspicious.”