Blaze at Cork docklands site extinguished; Technical examination of scene to be carried out

FIVE crews from Cork City Fire Brigade dealt with a blaze at the site of a Cork landmark on the docklands in the early hours of this morning.

Emergency services were alerted to a fire at the former R&H Hall office building at 2.17am this morning.

Fire crews remained on site this morning dampening the "well developed blaze".

🚨 Blue Watch are currently having a busy night shift with numerous calls.
At 02.17 5 units responded to a well developed fire in the former R+H Hall offices and crews are still at the scene dampening down. #Cork #Fire pic.twitter.com/2U7USdDvql

— Cork City Fire Brigade (@CorkCityFire) November 23, 2022

A Garda spokesperson said: "Gardaí and emergency services attended a fire at a disused building on grounds at Kennedy Quay in Cork in the early hours of this morning, Wednesday 3rd November 2022.

"Local fire services have extinguished the blaze.

"A technical examination of the scene will be conducted once the site has been secured.

"No injuries have been reported."