Fire at Metro Hotel in Ballymun

muckbrien

Mahony0509 wrote: »

Seeing on twitter that it's after spreading over 6 floors.

Someone has fkd up then or regulations are poor

The fire brigade should be able to enter the affected room and extinguish the fire using a water outlet in the hall area .

Afaik they shouldn't even need tall appliances outside

HONKEY TONK

[Deleted User] wrote: »

How old is the building? No sprinklers?

I was wondering the same. Old news says the project started in 2006 but I’m not sure if it was built or renovated as it say it was a hotel under a different name

kravmaga

Deleted User wrote: »

How old is the building? No sprinklers?

It was completed in 2007 by Pierse contracting and a group of investors, its 15 floors in height.

The hotel was sold in 2014.

I don't know if the hotel has sprinklers but I would imagine it has a Fire Detection alarm system and evacuation system in place .

Used to be the Days 3 star hotel and it was a new build.

January

kravmaga wrote: »

It was completed in 2007 by Pierse contracting and a group of investors, its 15 floors in height.

The hotel was sold in 2014.

I don't know if the hotel has sprinklers but I would imagine it has a Fire Detection alarm system and evacuation system in place .

Used to be the Days 3 star hotel and it was a new build.

I know for sure the apartments beside it have sprinklers.

Pinch Flat

Residential / hotel use and over 30m high, sprinklers would be mandatory

mfceiling

Just passed it about 10 mins ago and it's very visibly on fire. Hope there's no injuries or fatalities.

humberklog

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The rubbish shoots were the way out if there had of been a big fire in the towers

IIRC they were only a small skuttle doors at best opening 10"s and I deffo remember there were no handles up the refuse shutes.

Jeff2

There's a chopper flying over there now that I'd guess one of the TV stations hired.

Weepsie

I passed it earlier. There were a few windows open on the other side from what's pictured so plenty of oxygen supply getting to the fire.

Had no idea what was happening til got home

joegriffinjnr

Jeff2 wrote: »

There's a chopper flying over there now that I'd guess one of the TV stations hired.

Garda

sdanseo

The planning ref. is 1052/03 but no documents seem to be uploaded other than the grant permission notice.

muckbrien

kravmaga wrote: »

It was completed in 2007 by Pierse contracting and a group of investors, its 15 floors in height.

The hotel was sold in 2014.

I don't know if the hotel has sprinklers but I would imagine it has a Fire Detection alarm system and evacuation system in place .

Used to be the Days 3 star hotel and it was a new build.

That's a whole other can of worms too

Fire spreading and everyone being evacuated by alarm

None of that should be happening ideally

Pinch Flat

sdanseo wrote: »

The planning ref. is 1052/03 but no documents seem to be uploaded other than the grant permission notice.

Planning would be silent on fire cert - they’re maintained at Dublin City fire brigade in Townsend street. Be interested to see if there’s a reference to a sprinkler system in the planning application.

Mark Henderson

Jeff2 wrote: »

There's a chopper flying over there now that I'd guess one of the TV stations hired.

Haha. This isn't America. It's the Gardai helicopter.

Dyr

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

The rubbish shoots were the way out if there had of been a big fire in the towers

the way out for people?? are you mental?:eek:


What saved the flats many many times was that they were bare, thick concrete that made it difficult for a blaze to spread

Great_one

Working class heroes wrote: »

No they wouldn’t.

Ya day wood

Jeff2

joegriffinjnr wrote: »

Garda

No it didn't look like one of theirs.

HONKEY TONK

Just looked at the photo gallery on the website.

I see fire detection systems in the rooms bot no sprinklers as far as I could see.

Weepsie

Video just posted of what looks like a family still in a room 2-3 floors below. Would like to believe it's entirely empty

HONKEY TONK

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Residential / hotel use and over 30m high, sprinklers would be mandatory

Can you post a link to that as I’ve been checking everywhere for that information

AGC

Jeff2 wrote: »

No it didn't look like one of theirs.

Didn’t think anything else would be going up after dark? Or allowed

Jeff2

Mark Henderson wrote: »

Haha. This isn't America. It's the Gardai helicopter.

Wait and see which station has footage from a chopper so.

fritzelly

Grenfell now on Sky News (Youtube), hope nothing similar here

For Forks Sake

Jeff2 wrote: »

Wait and see which station has footage from a chopper so.

TV3 can barely afford to put petrol in cars, and RTE aren't going to bother their arses crossing the liffey so who do you suggest?

Franz Von Peppercorn

Jeff2 wrote: »

Wait and see which station has footage from a chopper so.

They’re all finished for the night. The Irish ones anyway. Maybe sky.

Weepsie

Weepsie wrote: »

Video just posted of what looks like a family still in a room 2-3 floors below. Would like to believe it's entirely empty

Seriously? Wonder if video is from hours ago when fire just started?

Pinch Flat

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Can you post a link to that as I’ve been checking everywhere for that information

https://www.nsai.ie/Our-Services-(1)/Standardization-(1)/2017-Standards-Promotion/201712-NSAI-FSS-Seminar-CB.aspx

Slide no 10. Would also be in part B of the technical guidance documents (fire)

Kermit.de.frog

Seem to be getting it under control going by images on Twitter. Looks like firefighters inside.

Pinch Flat

HONKEY TONK wrote: »

Just looked at the photo gallery on the website.

I see fire detection systems in the rooms bot no sprinklers as far as I could see.

Most likely sprinklers on escape routes only. Bedrooms most likely to have one hour fire rated walls from room to room and room to corridor

beertons

Few brazzers gone offline tonight.