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.

Police  received a report of a fire shortly before 7:00am and attended alongside colleagues from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service who worked to extinguish the blaze. This is not being treated as deliberate.

Colleagues from Northern Ireland Ambulance Service conveyed one man to hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Traffic management for this area is no longer in place.