NUMBER OF RESIDENTS EVACUATED FOLLOWING TUAM FIRE

Date Published: 05-Nov-2011

A number of people have been evacuated by fire crews as emergency services attend a fire in Tuam town.

Three units of the fire brigade are attending the fire which broke out just before 10 this morning at an apartment complex in the Mall area.

Gardai have confirmed there are no reported injuries.

Elsewhere, in Ballinasloe, Gardai are investigating the cause of a fire at a disused coach house which broke out off Main Street in the town in the early hours of today.

The area has now been cordoned off as scenes of crime conduct an examination.