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02/04/2009
People Jump From Burning Building In Cork
Three people are recovering after they were forced to jump from the top of a burning building in Cork city in the early hours of this morning.
The blaze erupted in a three-storey apartment block beside the Franciscan Well on the North Mall at around 12.30am.
Four people were rushed to Cork University Hospital, one of whom is in a serious condition.
Six units of the fire brigade spent two-and-a-half hours battling the flames, which severely damaged the first and second-floor apartments in the building.
The scene has since been sealed off for technical examination.
(DW/BMcC)
The blaze erupted in a three-storey apartment block beside the Franciscan Well on the North Mall at around 12.30am.
Four people were rushed to Cork University Hospital, one of whom is in a serious condition.
Six units of the fire brigade spent two-and-a-half hours battling the flames, which severely damaged the first and second-floor apartments in the building.
The scene has since been sealed off for technical examination.
(DW/BMcC)
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