A woman has died in a house fire in county Cork this morning.

It's understood the blaze took hold at her home in Union Hall in West Cork just after 8am.

A number of units from Skibbereen and Clonakilty attended the scene however the woman in her 50's lost her life.

The scene has been sealed off to allow for a forensic examination.

Gardaí say they do not believe the circumstances to be suspicious.