Ireland: 30 Firefighters Tackle Blaze at Dublin Community Centre

A community centre in Dublin was damaged by fire on Tuesday evening.

Videos on social media showed flames coming out of a local community centre with surrounding streets closed to the public.

A local grocery and coffee shop posted the footage on Twitter last night, stating: “Fire at the community centre on Donore Avenue in Dublin 8.

“It’s about the only community resource available to people in the area. #dublin8.”

Grdaí and fire fighters attended the scene and the “large blaze” was brought under control.

Firefighters remained on the scene to ensure the fire was fully extinguished.

“Around 30 firefighters attended the fire at the community centre on Donore Avenue at around 9pm last night,” the service tweeted.

“Four pumps and a turntable ladder were on scene. The fire was under control by 10pm, but crews remained damping down and turning over until about 3am.”

Videos on social media appeared to show flames coming out of a local community centre with surrounding streets closed to the public.

Source: The Sunday World