Eight fire engines fight blaze at Dublin hotel

Fire brigade sends at least 60 firefighters to Metro hotel in Ballymun, near airport in north Dublin

Up to eight fire engines have been sent to a blaze at a Dublin hotel tower blockthat set alight the upper storeys of the building.

The fire broke out about 7.30pm on Wednesday at the 15-storey Metro hotel in Ballymun in the north of the Irish capital. The hotel had been used as emergency accommodation for some of Dublin's homeless, though a spokesperson for the Dublin Region Homeless Executive confirmed there were no homeless families at the hotel at the time.