Nine people have been taken to hospital following a fire in Bray, County Wicklow. The alarm was raised shortly before 5am.
The fire broke out at a building on the Lower Dargle Road in Bray early this morning.
Fire crews from Bray and Greystones backed up by Dublin Fire Brigade responded to the incident. Gardaí were requested to close the road.
Nine people from the apartment building were treated by paramedics on scene for smoke inhalation and all have subsequently been taken to hospital.
Currently, the fire crew from Bray remains on scene, carrying out an overhaul.
It is understood that the locally-owned building was converted to provide mixed-unit, private-rental accommodation in Bray and most of the flats have a single occupant.
