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.