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Firefighters battling large blaze at derelict building in north Dublin

The fire has been ablaze in north Dublin for more than an hour.

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DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE (DFB) is currently battling a large fire in north Dublin.

The blaze, at a derelict house on the Howth Road in Killester, near Raheny, has been alight for at least the past hour.

2 Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter Dublin Fire Brigade / Twitter / Twitter

Three DFB pumps and a foam tender are on the scene, along with a senior officer.

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No injuries have as yet been reported.

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    Mute Tom Collins
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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:26 PM

    Amazing the amount of derelict buildings go up in flames during an economic upturn

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    Sep 7th 2017, 11:23 PM

    @Fake Avast: Sorry, i don’t agree, lots of fires in derilict and empty properties in Drogheda area over the past 10 years. Bored people with nothing going on in their lives to blame !

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    Mute P.J. Nolan
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    Sep 7th 2017, 11:37 PM

    @Fake Avast:
    No, there just different types of fires.
    A lot of self employed guys had bought lorries and vans and such in the boom couldn’t make the repayments in the crash suddenly there was a fire and the insurance payout was used to pay off the loan.
    Insurance companies got wise and started to give replacement lorries or vans.
    Back to square one

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    Sep 8th 2017, 1:52 AM

    @P.J. Nolan: there
    U go again blaming
    The guards

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:35 PM

    **Cough** insurance scam. Trying to build on those cottages for years. Oh look! a fire.

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:41 PM

    @David Linehan: really ? You can’t insure an empty property. Do you mean a planning permission scam ?

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:33 PM

    If this was anywhere else it wouldn’t be reported

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:48 PM

    @Yorkie1892: don’t be silly now

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:51 PM

    @Suzie Sunshine: but it’s true!

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    Sep 7th 2017, 11:34 PM

    nice scam..planning permission should be denied for 10 years now

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    Sep 7th 2017, 11:41 PM

    @iMoan Brutal:
    It’s hardly an architectural gem is it?
    It’s not like we don’t need more houses

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    Sep 8th 2017, 8:35 AM

    @P.J. Nolan: so its ok to waste the fire brigades time and put peoples lives at risk for a fast buck? Ever think there might be a valid reason why there was no planning permission to start with? Theres plenty of land available in north Dublin belong to a cult that owes the Irish people millions in compensation. Could start with rezoning the bishops palace in Drumcondra..I mean palace ffs..

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    Sep 8th 2017, 9:33 AM

    @iMoan Brutal:
    If you think the planners need a valid reason to refuse planning permission it’s obvious you never dealt with them.
    As regards the church, I’m an atheist myself but you come across as someone with an agenda there.

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    Sep 8th 2017, 12:04 PM

    @P.J. Nolan: Well aware they can be idiotic! Just know this site and it was a more valid reason than achictecture :) Later part was as regards to land available for housing Plenty of land going to waste right now in prime locations.

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:16 PM

    Ya wouldn’t give us a lift to killester

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:44 PM

    @Kevin Boland: ls that what we’re calling Donnycarney now ?

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:52 PM

    @Kevin Boland: without a link that’s fake news I’m afraid

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    Sep 7th 2017, 11:34 PM

    @Brian MacCarthaigh: https://youtu.be/kH-xkP7t9is

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    Sep 8th 2017, 7:59 AM

    Commuter traffic on the M50 severely disrupted as a result………

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    Sep 9th 2017, 1:30 AM

    @Paul Shepherd: no where near the m50..

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    Sep 7th 2017, 10:22 PM

    $cumbag

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    Sep 8th 2017, 7:02 PM

    Looks like the builders are back from Marbella

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