#BREAKING Fire crews battle Limerick industrial estate fire

The scene of the blaze at Galvone Ind Est in Limerick. Source @LimerickFire
The scene of the blaze at Galvone Ind Est in Limerick. Source @LimerickFire
The scene of the blaze at Galvone Ind Est in Limerick. Source @limerickfire

FIREFIGHTERS from the Limerick City Fire and Rescue Service have been battling and containing a commercial fire this Monday evening at a premises in the Galvone Industrial Estate.

Shortly before 6pm, four units were joined by a crew from Shannon at the Industrial Estate on the south side of the city.

Four Limerick City appliances including the aerial platform hoist ‘Bronto’ and a Water Tanker were also deployed to the scene.

The alarm was raised to the incident at 5:50pm and crews remained on scene until 7:45pm.

It is understood that an office within one of in the warehouses caught fire and caused damage to the building.

Crews, once the blaze was brought under control, remained on scene to dampen down and prevent any reemergence of the fire.

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Forensic fire investigators are carrying out initial checks as to the cause of the blaze and Gardai from Roxboro Road are also carrying out their inquiries.

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