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Three Irish people have died after a tragic house fire close to London.

The fire happened on Laburnum Avenue in Hornchurch,near the borough of Romford in Essex.

The three deceased people are understood to be in their late 60s and early 70s and are thought to be Irish.

The dead, includes a woman, who is believed to be from Cork.

There was also two brothers who have been living in the UK for an extended period but have Dublin links, the Romford Recorder reports.

(Image: EssexLive)

Four fire engines and 21 firefighters and officers were called to ground floor blaze of a mid-terraced house shortly after 4am on Monday morning.

The woman was pulled out from firefighters wearing breathing apparatus, but was pronounced dead at the scene.

(Image: EssexLive)

The two men who were inside were rushed to hospital where they passed away later in hospital.

Crews from Hornchurch, Dagenham and Romford fire stations attended the scene.

(Image: EssexLive)

The fire was under control at 5.50am. The cause of the fire is under investigation by London Metropolitan police but the blaze is being treated as a tragic accident.

It is thought that the woman and her husband were visiting the man’s brother when the tragic accident happened.

London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said: “My thoughts and those of everyone at the Brigade are with the friends and family of the three people who have died following the tragic fire in Hornchurch on Monday morning.

“Firefighters worked extremely hard and did all they could in difficult conditions.”