"A murder investigation has been launched after a 60-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy died in a fire in County Offaly in Ireland. Emergency services extinguished the blaze at a house in Edenderry at about 8pm on Saturday, but were unable to save the woman and child. Another woman in her 50s escaped the fire and is being treated in hospital with serious injuries."
"He said that the house is believed to have been attacked by a person or persons unknown at this time, and that the fire was deliberately started. The police force, An Garda Siochana, is appealing for anyone who was in the vicinity of Castleview Park housing estate on Saturday evening to come forward with information. The Irish minister for justice, Jim O'Callaghan, condemned the deliberate callous attack on the house."
A deliberate fire at a house in Edenderry, County Offaly resulted in the deaths of a 60-year-old woman and a four-year-old boy. Emergency services extinguished the blaze at about 8pm on Saturday but were unable to save the victims. A woman in her 50s escaped and is being treated in hospital with serious injuries. A murder investigation has been launched, with police describing the attack as reckless and deliberate and appealing for witnesses from Castleview Park housing estate. The minister for justice condemned the attack, and local representatives described the town as distraught.
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