Inchicore fire leaves 11 homeless

Eleven people, including two children, have been left homeless after an overnight destroyed flats in Dublin.

Eleven people, including two children, have been left homeless after an overnight destroyed flats in Dublin.

Fire officers rescued the residents and fought the flames for over an hour above the Horse and Jockey pub in Inchicore .

Two people from an adjacent apartment were rushed to nearby St James' Hospital for smoke inhalation.

“The emergency call was logged at 2am and four engines and three ambulances attended the scene,” a senior Dublin Fire Services officer said today.

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“The blaze is believed to have started in a vacant flat above the pub.”

The fire destroyed apartments above the pub leaving nine adults and two children homeless.

The pub premises suffered fire, smoke and water damage.