Fire at Metro Hotel in Ballymun

py2006 · 21-03-2018 10:02PM #1

Several units of the Dublin Fire Brigade are dealing with a serious fire at a hotel in Ballymun.

The blaze is several storeys up in the Metro Hotel.

It is believed to have started shortly after 7.30pm.

It is not yet known if the rooms were occupied at the time the blaze started.

Gardaí are also at the scene and traffic diversions are in place around the area.

https://twitter.com/JohnDarcy88/status/976560867365056512

The_Valeyard · 21-03-2018 10:03PM

How bad?

Hopefully, everyone is out okay. And no one is hurt!!

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 21-03-2018 10:03PM

it's a hotel

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 21-03-2018 10:04PM

top 4 5 or 6 floors, and flames clearly coming out the roof too

Lone Stone · 21-03-2018 10:05PM

****

kfallon · 21-03-2018 10:06PM

Jesus I hope everyone is ok

alchemist33 · 21-03-2018 10:06PM

Photos on RTE. Looks concerning

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2018/0321/949172-ballymun-fire/

SEPT 23 1989 · 21-03-2018 10:07PM

Do the fire brigade have equipment to go that high?

The_Valeyard · 21-03-2018 10:07PM

Sarai Shapely Box wrote: »

it's a hotel

Metro Hotel?

Jeff2 · 21-03-2018 10:07PM

Thought it was a joke news dump.

Fann Linn · 21-03-2018 10:08PM

Thats de Lavelahn sorted for tmorrow.

January · 21-03-2018 10:09PM

The_Valeyard wrote: »

Metro Hotel?

Yep the metro. Its where that plane tried to land years ago instead of the airport. Extremely high. Used to live in the apartments facing the carpark and entrance to it. Had a nice restaurant back then

beertons · 21-03-2018 10:09PM

Be a rush on marshmallows now.

The_Valeyard · 21-03-2018 10:10PM

January wrote: »

Yep the metro. Its where that plane tried to land years ago instead of the airport. Extremely high. Used to live in the apartments facing the carpark and entrance to it. Had a nice restaurant back then

I remember that restaurant, was tasty.

s3rtvdbwfj81ch · 21-03-2018 10:11PM

fair few families in emergency accommodation in there

joegriffinjnr · 21-03-2018 10:11PM

Thats actually not part of the hotel but private apartments. I know a lot of people living there, fingers crossed everyone is ok.

joegriffinjnr · 21-03-2018 10:13PM

Jesus it looks bad.

theteal · 21-03-2018 10:13PM

Feck lads, can we go easy on the jokes until we know how serious this is?

There are a few floors involved there, hopefully nobody is hurt

Franz Von Peppercorn · 21-03-2018 10:13PM

Nothing on RTE. You’d think they could get an ob there.

Jeff2 · 21-03-2018 10:13PM

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Do the fire brigade have equipment to go that high?

They should have as the flats went to 14 floors.

Collie D · 21-03-2018 10:15PM

From The Journal

"It’s understood that the building had been evacuated, however this has yet to be confirmed by the emergency services."

Hopefully accurate