One person has died after a house fire in the Dublin 6 area of the city

The blaze occurred at around 7am on Thursday morning.

One person, a man, has died following a fire at a residence in Rathmines, Dublin early on Thursday morning. The fire broke out on Grove Road at around 7am and eight units of Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene.

A number of units from Dublin Fire Brigade were called to deal with a fire at a house in Rathmines that has left three people injured pic.twitter.com/ArPTSCTrBA

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Three people were treated at the scene, with the Gardaí confirming: "Three people were taken to St James' Hospital from the scene and one man was subsequently pronounced dead.

#DUBLIN Traffic is blocked along Grand Canal both ways between Harold's Cross & Portobello due to a building fire. https://t.co/pdsEzJTRQr

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"We have no further details on the deceased at this time. The other two people remain in hospital and are understood not to be seriously injured."