Kildare family left homeless after freak Christmas Day fire
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A freak Christmas Day house fire has left a West Kildare family homeless - until substantial renovation work is undertaken.
The blaze caused extensive damage to the three bedroom house at Donadea rented by Abbie Nolan, who lived there with her five year old daughter Annabelle.
Abie’s 65 year old dad had also been living with the family recently.
Mother and daughter and granddad Alan were visiting her brother Curtis in Longwood for Christmas but four family pets - two German Shepherd dogs and two cats - died as a result of the fire, which is believed to have started in the kitchen area.