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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.
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