Tayside Police:

Mains Loan Fatal Fire - Deceased Identified
05 July 2011
Tayside Police can confirm that a man who died as a result of a fire at his home address in Dundee’s Mains Loan in the early hours of yesterday morning (Monday, July 4) has been formally identified.

He has been named as 82-year-old George Martin.

Emergency service attended at the address at about 4.15 following reports of smoke coming from the building. Firefighters removed Mr Martin from the building but, tragically he was pronounced dead at the scene by ambulance staff.

A joint Tayside Police and Tayside Fire and Rescue investigation is continuing into the full set of circumstances surrounding the incident, but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.

As with all sudden deaths a report is being submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.