Blaze at Dublin airport contained, all flights suspended for 1 hr
A fire has been contained at a hangar of the Dublin airport after the blaze prompted the suspension of all incoming and departing flights for about an hour.
Fire @ Dublin Airport #dubfirebrigadepic.twitter.com/WvL2s9VMdK
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) August 26, 2015Four fire engines were at the scene to deal with the fire, which started at 0715 local time (0615 GMT). The Dublin airport’s firefighters were also tackling the fire. No injuries have been reported.
Confirmed fire in a hanger Dublin Airport.we have 4 pumps , environmental unit & TTL and incident commander IA
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) August 26, 2015Flights at @DublinAirport are temporarily suspended as emergency services deal with a fire in a hangar. More to come pic.twitter.com/EuXAA1itkc
— TheJournal.ie (@thejournal_ie) August 26, 2015Flights temporarily suspended at #DublinAirport this morning due to a fire. pic.twitter.com/YUEZ9EGiDz
— RTÉ 2fm (@RTE2fm) August 26, 2015The Dublin Airport Authority said the blaze was in a restricted area, with no passenger access, state broadcaster RTE reported.
Flight operations are temporarily suspended due to a fire in a hangar. http://t.co/UsayTd1Q89
— Dublin Airport (@DublinAirport) August 26, 2015Some flights were diverted to Belfast and Shannon from Dublin, but several planes were circling above the airport for a while, Flight Radar24 reported.
Dublin Airport this morning. Fingers crossed all ok pic.twitter.com/f0ImQC709Y
— Mike Vince (@halo_straight) August 26, 2015
