A seventy-five-year-old woman died after being engulfed in a horrific fireball after gardaí fear a large container of flammable liquid exploded in a friend s car.
The revelation came as a 62-year-old man, who was rescued from a nearby river, was being questioned by detectives in a Cork garda station on suspicion of the unlawful killing of grandmother and mother-of-three Mary O Keeffe.
Central to the garda investigation is how the car fire started - and Mrs O Keeffe s cause of death.
One garda source said the SUV owner has insisted the tragic fire was accidental and may have been triggered by a cigarette.
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Family of Cork woman found in burning car pay tribute to kind-hearted nanny
A man arrested in connection with her death on Thursday has been charged this morning and is due in court later today. The tow truck arrives to take away the burnt-out car from Drumdeer Wood, at Doneraile where Gardai discovered a body of a woman in a car that was on fire. Picture: Dan Linehan
Sun, 07 Feb, 2021 - 08:37
Neil Michael
One of the grandchildren of the “kind-hearted” widow found in a burning car has paid an emotional tribute to her.
Megan O’Keeffe described Mary O’Keeffe as a beautiful woman who gave “the best hugs” and who was “so much more than perfect”.
FIREBALL MYSTERY
Mary O’Keeffe’s body found in male friend’s burning car as can of flammable material may have caused blaze to get worse
Ann Mooney
Updated: 6 Feb 2021, 8:25
TRAGIC granny Mary O’Keeffe’s body was found in a male friend’s burning car, it emerged yesterday.
And the Irish Sun has learnt a can of flammable material in the motor may have caused the horror blaze to get worse with the fuel tank quickly exploding.
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Motor in which Mary’s burnt body was found is removed from the scene by gardai yesterday
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Mary’s distinctive white car was found a short distance away
Gardaí continue to question man after woman found dead in burnt-out car in Cork
Man was arrrested after being rescued from River Awbeg shortly after Mary O Keeffe s body was found by gardaí in north Cork The remains of a burnt-out car are removed from Drumdeer Wood, at Doneraile, Co Cork where Gardai discovered a body of a woman on Thursday afternoon. Picture: Dan Linehan
Sat, 06 Feb, 2021 - 19:25
Neil Michael and Sean O’Riordan
Gardaí are retracing the steps of a 72-year-old woman found dead in a burnt-out car in woods in North Cork as they continue to question a Limerick man in connection with the killing.