TRAGEDY struck Blaenau Ffestiniog last night as an elderly man lost his life in a housefire.

An investigation is underway following the fatal house fire in the Meirionnydd town.

Shortly after 9.30pm on Thursday evening, North Wales Fire and Rescue Service was notified of a house on fire on Cwm Bowydd Road.

Firefighters using breathing apparatus and hose reel jets entered the building and removed a male from the property.

The elderly man was pronounced dead at the scene by the Ambulance Service.

A joint investigation between the North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and North Wales Police is now underway to establish the cause of the fire.