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Fire crews were called to the home Wednesday night.
A 12-year-old girl died after a house fire in Ballymena, County Antrim.
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) said he was called to a home on Staffa Drive in the Ballykeel area of the city around 5:50 p.m. BST on Wednesday.
The PSNI and the NI Fire and Rescue Service attended the property.
NIAS confirmed that one person was taken to the Antrim Area Hospital for treatment after the fire. There are no further details at this stage.
Two deaths were reported in the Ballykeel area on Wednesday.
This was the second death reported in the Ballykeel area of the city on Wednesday.
A murder investigation was launched after the body of a man was discovered in an apartment on Crebilly Drive.
The Rev. Martin McNeely of Ballykeel Presbyterian Church said the boy’s death was “tragic.”
“People find it very difficult to find the vocabulary to describe the depth of pain,” he said.
“This is a community that has experienced a tragic murder this morning and now the tragic death of a beloved 12-year-old girl tonight.”
