Fire fighters dampen down blaze at industrial unit in Dublin
A damping down operation continued overnight after a major blaze at a disused factory in Inchicore in Dublin yesterday afternoon.
Up to 20 fire fighters were deployed to the scene and breathing apparatus had to be used when they discovered the building had an asbestos roof.
District Fire Officer David Kavanagh said it was a tricky situation, but no one was injured and crews safely brought the fire under control.
He said: "As you can see from some of the pictures that were put up on social media the plumes of smoke were very, very high, so we had an influx of calls.
We still have 1 unit damping down at the vacant building fire in #Inchicore. Earlier 4 units were at the scene including a turntable ladder pic.twitter.com/7V97tMuZnc
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) September 2, 2017
"When we made entry into it we discovered that there was actually asbestos in the roof that meant we had to take more precautions, we had to wear our BA (breathing apparatus) sets to fight the fire offensively.
Huge #Fire in #Inchicore #Dublin pic.twitter.com/375FpFn4dx
— JT (@jtfaster) September 2, 2017
"The turntable ladders wouldn't be any good to us, because with the roof still in place, the water would have just splashed off the roof, so we had to actually fight it internally."
3 fire engines & a turntable ladder are currently dealing with an industrial #fire in Inchicore. Breathing apparatus in use #Dublin pic.twitter.com/ElZDuIx4Av
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) September 2, 2017
