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31st Aug 2019

A large fire has broken out at a shopping centre in Cork

Rudi Kinsella

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Footage has emerged of Douglas Shopping Centre in Cork in flames.

Cork City Fire Brigade have confirmed that a fire has broken out in Douglas Shopping Centre in Cork.

Footage sent into JOE showed the extent of the fire, which you can see here:

Video via Ayodele Mumuni

Firefighters in the area are currently fighting the blaze.

Gardaí have closed the link road from Douglas East to Douglas West to all traffic.

Cork Safety Alerts on Twitter shared further information, alongside pictures from the incident.

They also urged people in the area to take care.

Updates to follow.

Feature image via Cork City Fire Brigade Twitter page. 

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