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The blaze in Hawood Way was reported to police shortly after 6:40 pm by the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service, who were in attendance tackling the fire.
No one was present in the property at the time emergency services arrived to deal with the incident.
It was reported that equipment believed to be involved in the cultivation of cannabis was located inside the house.
Officers investigating the incident subsequently arrested a 36-year-old man on suspicion of cultivating cannabis, possession of a Class B controlled drug, possession of a Class B controlled drug with intent to supply and arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered.
Newry house fire victim named as Jimmy Thompson (62) A man who died in a weekend house fire in Newry has been named as 62-year-old Jimmy Thompson. Digital Staff 25 May, 2021 08:47
Flowers are left at the spot where a man died in a house fire at Cloughoge, Newry. Picture by Pacemaker
A man who died in a weekend housefire in Newry has been named as 62-year-old Jimmy Thompson.
Mr Thompson was taken from a mid- terraced bungalow in Parkview on Friday night by firefighters along with another man who remains critically ill but stable in hospital.
Police say Mr Thompson died from smoke inhalation and investigations are continuing into the cause of the blaze.