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Dublin fire: Inferno near airport as smoke seen for miles and 999 crews swarm
Fingal County councillors Cathal Boland and Eoghan Dockrell spoke to DublinLive at the scene of the fire.
Cllr Boland said: “When I was in Ballyboughal this afternoon, I came out of Giddy Up, the coffee cart, and I looked up to find this enormous blooming black smoke.
“I immediately tried to contact people I knew along the way, but I tracked down here and realised that there was a traffic problem.
“Traffic was back down the rural lane that the fire was on, so I immediately began to direct traffic.
“There’s been great cooperation from the public.”
Cllr Dockrell added: “I know that there were some people in nearby houses who were asked to move away.
“As far as I’m aware, nobody is injured and everyone is safe presently.
“This has been one of the largest fires to take place in north Dublin, and certainly Ballyboughal, in years and years.
“We have to say thank you to Gardai and the firemen for all the work they’ve been doing the past few hours.”
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