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A MAN DIED and two others were injured after a domestic fire broke out this morning in Dublin.
The fire broke out in a property on Grove Park in Rathmines, just behind Grove Road which runs along the Grand Canal.
The property is a house that has been split into a number of flats.
The alarm was raised at 7am this morning and Dublin Fire Brigade units from Dolphin’s Barn and Donnybrook attended the scene.
Three ambulances and the gardaí also responded to the incident. The fire was extinguished shortly before 7.30am.
The three people were taken to St James’ Hospital where the man was later pronounced dead.
The two other people remain in hospital and their injuries are understood not to be serious.
“It’s hard to know what to do”
The fire is believed to have started in the middle floor of the building. According to tenants the building is split into eight separate flats.
One tenant - who gave him name as Albero – spoke to TheJournal.ie and described waking up to the sound of a fire alarm at about 7am.
“Then someone knocked on the door to say there was a fire,” he said.
When I opened the door I saw black smoke and ran out. I was in pyjamas but thankfully a neighbour gave me shoes.
Albero said he didn’t know what to do when he saw the fire.
It was scary. It never happened before… It’s hard to know how to react.
He said he did not know the person who had died in the blaze.
The back of the house seen from Grove Road is severely burnt on the outside with the windows smashed. Two gardaí stood at the entrance to the house on Grove Park this afternoon.
With reporting from Cormac Fitzgerald
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I cycled by there this morning – the response from our emergency services was amazing. Especially the fire brigades.
You wouldn’t believe the amount of people stopping to take pictures/videos on their phones.
@Shane Dunne: Sad to hear that somebody has died in this fire.
@Shane Dunne: Totally agree Shane, I witnessed a fire recently. Thankfully nobody was injured but the family lost everything they owned.
A group outside a pub about half a mile away flew a drone over the fire for a good while not knowing if anyone had died or not.
It was very upsetting for the family watching their possessions and home burn.
@Shane Dunne: Even the Journal took one….
I live in a pre-63 house split into flats and if a fire started and spread quickly it would be very hard to get out. I try not to think about it too much. RIP
@Lisa Saputo: All due respect etc, but why did you choose to live there?
@Neal Ireland Hello.: what a silly question ?
@Margaret Murphy: it’s not really. If it’s a worry then why do it.
@Lisa Saputo: Contrary to the two other replies,some of us have little other choice than to rent where we can afford,with a view to buying in the future. It’s foolish for anyone to tell you to move,perhaps you could use this as an example for your landlord (if any) to review the property.Failing that you can contact you local council’s environmental department to assess your letting if you have a concern that it does not meet minimum standards. If you live in Dublin you literally just contact DCC Environmental and they will advise you further,I have used them once before and could not recommend them enough.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: maybe she has no choice. Maybe it’s a choice between that and living on the street. The rental market is insane at the moment.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: its obvious Neal she likes to live on the edge.
What a pathetic question.
@Vincent: I would imagine the views are spectacular, why would think Vincent.
@Lisa Saputo: make sure you have a working fire alarm system that is properly maintained. Also make sure the emergency lighting is functioning and regularly serviced.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: As dignified as always, take a bow.
@Neal Ireland Hello.: Suppose it was there fault for choosing to live there?
@Neal Ireland Hello.: All due respect etc, but why did you choose to ask such a stupid question?
@Vincent: it is really.
@WinSomeLoseSome: the only stupid question is the one not asked. I wouldn’t live somewhere if I thought it represented a serious risk to my safety/life.
@Tony Carberry: ah didn’t you know you can just ‘get a better job’ and live in an tower of ivory looking down on the peasents ?
@Tony Carberry: ah didn’t you know you can just ‘get a better job’ and live in an tower of ivory looking down on the peasents ?
@Neal Ireland Hello.: Budget at the time of moving in, and now we are trying to save for our deposit so options are limited unless we want to rent for the rest of our lives.
@Conor Doran: In fairness to my landlord, that all works quite well so would probably be fine but the building is the same type as the one in Rathmines.
Just heard there was a fatality. Sad news rip
This was in Grove Park,not Grove Road,I live a few doors down. The quality of the living spaces on this road vary dramatically from house to house. I hope the fire alarm wasn’t just some bog standard smoke alarm in each flat,there needs to be a proper multi unit system. Such a sad thing to happen to these people. RIP to the person who lost their life.
@Tony Carberry: Was on vieweing there for some attic room years ago. Didn’t suit me as I wanted space for my bike and there was no option to bring it there because stars too narrow. It was extremely claustrophobic place, wouldn’t image if fire occurs at bottom level – the only run was a roof probably..
Just looking at the arrangement of the outside waste pipes, gives one a few hints.
Back in the 1970s I shared a bedsitter with a friend of mine in that area for short while. I never even thought of a smoke alarm. I don’t think there was any such thing. So sorry for the man who lost his life. RIP.
And the government is considering allowing substandard bedsit accommodation as one of its solutions to the housing emergency.
I heard from my own landlord that it was said to have been a hair straightener that caused the fire on the second floor. It might be a rumour but that’s what I was told today when I asked for a full review of our fire alarm to be done this week. We are still very shocked by this incident on our road.
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