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5 January 2015 Last updated at 18:39 GMT
The fire broke out at a farm at Ballynafern Road at about 07:18 GMT on Saturday and gutted the farmhouse.
Efforts to find the pensioner were put on hold at the weekend amid concerns about the safety of the building.
BBC News NI's Lisa McAlister reports.
Police searching for an 82-year-old man feared dead in a weekend house fire in County Down have recovered a body.