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    Posted: 21 Mar 2018 at 9:40pm
DFb with a number of units fighting a fire across the upper levels of the Metro Hotel in Ballymun. A lot of families in emergency accomodation here.

Hope to god everyone got out
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Originally posted by Sham157 Sham157 wrote:

DFb with a number of units fighting a fire across the upper levels of the Metro Hotel in Ballymun. A lot of families in emergency accomodation here.

Hope to god everyone got out
There is some amount of telecommunications masts gone up on the roof over the last year or so, remember commenting on it with a fella that done some installation on it and he even said it was way to much , hope it is not the cause as greed would be behind it
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Reports coming out all got out safe
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Is this a relatively new building ? If so then you'd be hoping they would have plans etc for this.
Hope everybody is safe.
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Going by the link bhob put up there it looks like a mid floor fire and rising, so not started at roof level
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Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Is this a relatively new building ? If so then you'd be hoping they would have plans etc for this.
Hope everybody is safe.
Nah there a good few years now, it is split in 2 between hotel and apartments
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Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Is this a relatively new building ? If so then you'd be hoping they would have plans etc for this.
Hope everybody is safe.

It's very modern inside, got redeveloped a few years back AFAIK

I stayed there last winter for my UEFA B Licence, it was extremely tricky to get in and out of (doors wise) so fingers crossed everyone is safe.

Honestly, it was a nightmare getting in and out of the building. 


Edited by Green Devil - 21 Mar 2018 at 9:50pm
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Went up for a gawk there, still blazing away. Fire started on 8th floor & spread quickly to 11th floor.
As was said it’s mostly emergency accommodation in there, no reports of casualties yet so fingers crossed.
Serious amount of emergency services around. Gonna be a long night for them, fair play to em

Edit; no emergency accommodation in the Metro, the homeless families are in the Travel Lodge in ballymun

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Metro not housing emergency accomadtion families . Not that it matters as people will be displaced nonetheless
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DFB confirm they’re fighting it from inside the building fair f**ks to em
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The reason there fighting it f ok inside is that they don't have a tall enough ladder to reach the fire from the outside...
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Originally posted by JUICEBOMB JUICEBOMB wrote:

The reason there fighting it f ok inside is that they don't have a tall enough ladder to reach the fire from the outside...


Few fire brigades have ladders tall enough to go much above ten stories. London's tallest is around 30m, certainly no more than 40m.

Also, being on a ladder that high is not for the faint hearted either.
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Originally posted by Green Devil Green Devil wrote:

Originally posted by Borussia Borussia wrote:

Is this a relatively new building ? If so then you'd be hoping they would have plans etc for this.
Hope everybody is safe.

It's very modern inside, got redeveloped a few years back AFAIK

I stayed there last winter for my UEFA B Licence, it was extremely tricky to get in and out of (doors wise) so fingers crossed everyone is safe.

Honestly, it was a nightmare getting in and out of the building. 

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Originally posted by JUICEBOMB JUICEBOMB wrote:

The reason there fighting it f ok inside is that they don't have a tall enough ladder to reach the fire from the outside...

They should be commended even more so
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Originally posted by 9fingers 9fingers wrote:

Originally posted by JUICEBOMB JUICEBOMB wrote:

The reason there fighting it f ok inside is that they don't have a tall enough ladder to reach the fire from the outside...

They should be commended even more so
Don't worry DFB will have the PR machine out later looking for all their credit

Edited by Trigboy 10 - 22 Mar 2018 at 10:34am
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Originally posted by Trigboy 10 Trigboy 10 wrote:

Originally posted by 9fingers 9fingers wrote:

Originally posted by JUICEBOMB JUICEBOMB wrote:

The reason there fighting it f ok inside is that they don't have a tall enough ladder to reach the fire from the outside...

They should be commended even more so
Don't worry DFB will have the PR machine out later looking for all their credit

Oh yeah, the attention seeking fookers. I hate the sort of people who go rushing into burning buildings and putting their lives in danger in the service of others just so they can claim credit for it, the absolute w**kers. 
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