British man, 65, dies after wooden home he had built in Spain burns down 'while he slept'

A British man has died in a house fire at a village in southern Spain.

Firefighters found the 65-year-old’s body after putting out the blaze at the property in Comares, an hour’s drive north-east of Malaga.

The man has been named in local media as Brian Mcsorley and Mayor Manuel Robles described him as ‘much-loved’ in the local community.

Tributes have been posted to Mr Mcsorley on social media following news of his death. 

Police have launched a routine investigation but say there is nothing at this stage that points to any suspicious circumstances.

Mr Mcsorley was living in a wooden house he had built on land he purchased several years ago.

He is thought to have been asleep when the blaze started, at around 9pm on Wednesday, at the property in an area known as Chiquin by a footbridge over a river called Rio de las Cuevas.

A spokesman for a regional government-run emergency services co-ordinator confirmed: ‘A man has died after a blaze in a wooden house in the municipality of Comares.

‘Firefighters, Civil Guard and local police were among the emergency services mobilised after the alarm was raised.

‘Fire crews found the body of a 65-year-old man inside the property.

‘The house was burnt to the ground and the flames led to the roof collapsing.’

Police sources confirmed the dead man was British and a routine investigation was underway into the incident.