An apartment building in the centre of Ennis was evacuated this afternoon following a fire.
The blaze was reported at around 12.45pm in the ground floor apartment at Bindon Lane off Bank Place.
Two units of Clare County Fire and Rescue Service from Ennis station responded to the call along with Gardaí and National Ambulance Service paramedics.
On arrival, fire crews found a fire in the bedroom of a ground floor apartment. Firefighters quickly began tackling the blaze while other personnel commenced evacuation procedures knocking on apartment doors to alert residents.
It was soon established that almost all residents had made their own way to an assembly point after following the building’s own evacuation procedures when the fire alarm was activated.
Fire crews located one elderly man in his apartment and helped him to safety. The man was assessed by ambulance paramedics and was found to be unharmed and not in need of hospitalisation. No one else was injured in the incident.
Firefighters quickly brought the fire under control while the cause is now being investigated. It’s understood however that the fire started accidentally.
