An investigation is underway this afternoon after a 9 year-old girl and a woman in her 80's -died in a house fire in county Wexford.

Emergency services were called to the scene at a house in the rural area of Clohass near Enniscorthy just after midnight.

The bodies of the little girl and the woman, were taken to the Waterford Regional Hospital where a post mortem examination will take place today.

A man in his 50's was taken to Saint Vincent's Hospital in Dublin for treatment for his injuries which are not believed to be life threatening.

Gardai have preserved the scene while they carry out a technical examination.

Correction: An earlier version of this article mistakenly identified the 9 year old girl as the daughter of the man in his 50s.