A man has escaped injury after his thatched cottage in North Clare was destroyed by fire.
A man has escaped injury after his thatched cottage in North Clare was destroyed by fire.
The fire broke out shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday evening at the house in Bellharbour.
the alarm was raised around 5.15 last evening when a passerby spotted flames coming from the chimney of the thatched cottege in Ballharbour and alerted the occupant.
Clare's Counrt Fire and Rescue Service was alerted and one unit of the fire brigade from Ennistymon was sent to the incident.
While en route, fire crews were informed that the incident had been upgraded to a domestic fire and a second appliance from Ennistymon was dispatched to the incident.
Fire fighters discovered the building to be ‘well alight’ on arrival and requested additional resources.
While one cottage has been completely destroyed, fire crews have prevented the fire from spreading to an adjacent unoccupied property.
They battled the blaze for over 5 hours before bringing it under control.
