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| Body found after farmhouse fire | Body found after farmhouse fire |
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| A man has died and five people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a farmhouse in Fife. | A man has died and five people were taken to hospital after a fire broke out at a farmhouse in Fife. |
| Fire crews were called to the property in Cluny, near Cardenden, at 0400 GMT. Two of those rescued were children. | Fire crews were called to the property in Cluny, near Cardenden, at 0400 GMT. Two of those rescued were children. |
| The injured people, who were suffering from smoke inhalation, were taken to hospitals in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline. | The injured people, who were suffering from smoke inhalation, were taken to hospitals in Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline. |
| Efforts to find the dead man were hampered by the roof collapsing but his body was eventually found in the house by firefighters. | Efforts to find the dead man were hampered by the roof collapsing but his body was eventually found in the house by firefighters. |
| Ch Supt Martin Birrell of Fife Constabulary said: "We are still in the process of identifying the body and are working with Fife Fire and Rescue Service to identify the cause of the fire." | Ch Supt Martin Birrell of Fife Constabulary said: "We are still in the process of identifying the body and are working with Fife Fire and Rescue Service to identify the cause of the fire." |
| Crews searching for the dead man were forced to withdraw from the single storey detached farmhouse when the roof began to collapse shortly before 0700 GMT. | Crews searching for the dead man were forced to withdraw from the single storey detached farmhouse when the roof began to collapse shortly before 0700 GMT. |
| Stable condition | |
| Firefighters were later able to re-enter the detached property and resume their search for the man. | Firefighters were later able to re-enter the detached property and resume their search for the man. |
| The two children in the house at the time of blaze were taken to the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, but later transferred to the Sick Children's Hospital in Edinburgh. | |
| An NHS Fife spokeswoman said they were in a "satisfactory" condition. | |
| The surviving adults are being treated at the Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline. | |
| The spokeswoman said one was in a stable condition and the other was comfortable. The condition of the third adult is not known. |