The Police Service of Northern Ireland can confirm a man aged in his seventies has died following a fire at a house in the Waterside area of Derry/Londonderry.

All three emergency services attended the scene of the blaze at a house on Limavady Road, which was reported at around 1.30pm on Sunday, 22nd February.

Police are continuing to conduct enquiries into the circumstances of the fire, however, at this time, it is not being treated as suspicious. 

Part of Limavady Road closed to traffic for a time, as emergency services dealt with the blaze, but has now reopened.