Fire at Metro Hotel in Ballymun

jd · 21-03-2018 11:39PM

AGC wrote: »

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

Coastguard is at airport, they could have provided relief (I think I may have heard them, not sure)

Franz Von Peppercorn · 21-03-2018 11:40PM

Jeff2 wrote: »

Rte can pay what they like to send people anywhere at your expense.

Not the north side though. Be crazy.

A Dub in Glasgo · 21-03-2018 11:40PM

'Around 150 guests were staying in the hotel at the time, and all have been accounted for, along with all those living in the hotel.

The hotel guests have been relocated to the nearby Carlton Hotel for the evening.'

according to RTE

kravmaga · 21-03-2018 11:41PM

Jeff2 wrote: »

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

Thats the Garda Helicopter dude, ive just reviewed the footage on youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zesUB7Y69Y

humberklog · 21-03-2018 11:44PM

Jeff2 wrote: »

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

So what past experience have you seen of an Irish TV station taking a helicopter into a live incident area?

BTW just as an aside Garda helicopter is in the area, that's the one being talked about.

But where on earth are you getting the example of Irish TV ever taking a chopper into the air over a live incident?

Jeff2 · 21-03-2018 11:45PM

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

Not the north side though. Be crazy.

Well I guess flying in there in a chopper and hovering for a while would be safe enough for them.

Kermit.de.frog · 21-03-2018 11:50PM

More gardai arriving in vans - presumably to deal with idiots?

muckbrien · 21-03-2018 11:54PM

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

More gardai arriving in vans - presumably to deal with idiots?

They'll be maintaining a cordon I presume

Garda won't be allowed in or close for safety reasons obviously

TallGlass · 21-03-2018 11:55PM

Looking at the Tweets it just shows how much the job can change in the blink of an eye lid, one second your entertaining the kids down the station, next your risking life and limb in an apartment complex fire.

Great respect for our Fire Fighters.

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/976538360146726917

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/976560250869420032

humberklog · 21-03-2018 11:58PM

Jeff2 wrote: »

Well I guess flying in there in a chopper and hovering for a while would be safe enough for them.

Any chance you can give an example of an Irish TV channel sticking a chopper above a live incident? (as per one of your previous posts).

Jeff2 · 22-03-2018 12:00AM

All were evacuated on time and are staying in a different hotel.

22-03-2018 12:03AM

TV3 reporting live there from the scene on the Tonight show.

NIMAN · 22-03-2018 12:04AM

Great to hear of no fatalities.

rafatoni · 22-03-2018 12:06AM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

TV3 reporting live there from the scene on the Tonight show.

are they in a helicopter?

humberklog · 22-03-2018 12:08AM

Jeff2 wrote: »

All were evacuated on time and are staying in a different hotel.

Were they airlifted by the TV chopper?

22-03-2018 12:08AM

rafatoni wrote: »

are they in a helicopter?

Doubt they'd be allowed they reported 3 in the air to assist the fire brigade

Oops69 · 22-03-2018 12:11AM

humberklog wrote: »

Were they airlifted by the TV chopper?

no The network tv choppers were busy following all the multiple police, sorry cop car chases down the highway m50.

Grab All Association · 22-03-2018 12:11AM

hoping the reports are true that no one is injured or killed and all safely evacuated. Hope the firefighters are able to extinguish it without injury. Local residents should keep windows closed and check on family/friends/neighbours with respiratory problems.

Jeff2 · 22-03-2018 12:16AM

OK I got a slagging but the chopper was heading there fast and didn't put the light on.

I was wrong.

Can't wait to see tomorrow on TV that I was right.

NIMAN · 22-03-2018 12:21AM

Just looking at the images, it would appear that the fire is on 2 separate floors, 3 floors apart? Seen in this image.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/fire-brigade-tackles-major-blaze-at-hotel-in-north-dublin-1.3435687

How would that happen, unless there are 2 separate fires?

Sparks43 · 22-03-2018 12:23AM

Fire looks out from where I'm looking. Which is about 300 meters away.

Fingers crossed it doesn't flare up again.

Dyr · 22-03-2018 12:47AM

Oops69 wrote: »

no The network tv choppers were busy following all the multiple police, sorry cop car chases down the highway m50.

Back to Ron Burgundy in the studio

sweetie · 22-03-2018 12:50AM

NIMAN wrote:

Just looking at the images, it would appear that the fire is on 2 separate floors, 3 floors apart? Seen in this image.

Article written by Sarah Burns!

jd · 22-03-2018 12:50AM

NIMAN wrote: »

Just looking at the images, it would appear that the fire is on 2 separate floors, 3 floors apart? Seen in this image.

How would that happen, unless there are 2 separate fires?

Two open windows/balcony doors , with curtains?

Greybottle · 22-03-2018 12:53AM

humberklog wrote: »

So what past experience have you seen of an Irish TV station taking a helicopter into a live incident area?

BTW just as an aside Garda helicopter is in the area, that's the one being talked about.

But where on earth are you getting the example of Irish TV ever taking a chopper into the air over a live incident?

They had choppers flying over floods a couple of years ago, live reporting going on there.

Some people may remember the Eye in the Sky chopper that flew over Dublin every evening in the 90's giving traffic reports. This wa before we were all connected via CCTV and mobile phones.

No TV station has one as we are a relatively peaceful city compared to many others.

greencap · 22-03-2018 01:01AM

rafatoni wrote: »

are they in a helicopter?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBxHcNJgUt0

Hurrache · 22-03-2018 01:14AM

I thought Twitter would have been interesting for an event like this.

Nope, full of gob****es taking a pop at the government about front line workers pay, construction and the housing crisis, including one MEP claiming the hotel is housing lots of homeless families despite there actually being none.

And when people then realise there's no homeless families that seems to be the end of it for them, not a thought for those who may actually be living in those apartments in the process of losing their homes.

Are Am Eye · 22-03-2018 01:21AM

By the way if we did have eye in the sky choppers they wouldn't be allowed next or near Ballymun by Airport ATC.

Kh1993 · 22-03-2018 01:26AM

Hurrache wrote: »

I thought Twitter would have been interesting for an event like this.

Nope, full of gob****es taking a pop at the government about front line workers pay, construction and the housing crisis, including one MEP claiming the hotel is housing lots of homeless families despite there actually being none.

And when people then realise there's no homeless families that seems to be the end of it for them, not a thought for those who may actually be living in those apartments in the process of losing their homes.

Twitter would be interesting during a fire?

All I see is news, updates, some concern, some gobsh*tes making the “why is there a hotel in Ballymun” jokes for cheap likes, and thankfully, an awful lot of thanks and praise towards the Fire Brigade.

The homeless thing came up earlier as one or two homeless campaigners were on about it (fair enough, it’s their line) but the local councillors corrected it quick enough. (Anyway, the Council did use until recently enough, Travelodge then became cheaper).

NIMAN · 22-03-2018 01:35AM

Does anyone really expect the likes of Twitter, Facebook, etc to provide interesting and well thought out debate and comments for any topic?

Social media brings out the dumbest in society.

Btw, care to name the MEP?

Fire at Metro Hotel in Ballymun

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