A YOUNG child was among four people taken to hospital this morning after a fire broke out at their Cork home.
The fire broke out at a house in Lios Ard in Lotamore near Mayfield on the Northside of Cork city shortly after 8.30am today.
Two units of the Cork City Fire Brigade attended at the scene.
All four people were treated for smoke inhalation by firefighters before they were transferred to hospital.
It is understood a piece of material caught fire at the property.
The mother and the child tried to get out of the property. However, they were finding it difficult to do so.
The father and grandfather of the child came on the scene and made their way into the property.
However, they were also overcome by smoke.
Firefighters made their way to the scene very quickly.
Wearing breathing apparatus, they went into the house and rescued the four people inside.
All four are suffering from smoke inhalation and were taken to hospital by ambulance for treatment.
They are expected to make a full recovery.
It is understood the child is under the age of seven.
The house is sealed off and the fire is under investigation but is being treated as an accident.
APARTMENT BLAZE
This comes after firefighters in Dublin battled a blaze in an apartment in a high rise block yesterday.
Emergency services rushed to the scene of the fire which is raging in an apartment on one of the upper floors in a complex in Tallaght, Co Dublin.
Dublin Fire Brigade members from Tallaght, Dolphins Barn and Rathfarnham Station worked together to tackle the fire.
Vast plumes of smoke were seen billowing from the windows of the apartment.
Dublin Fire Brigade warned the public of traffic disruption around the Belgard Square area.
A spokesperson said: “Firefighters from Tallaght and Dolphins Barn are currently fighting an apartment fire in Tallaght.
“Expect delays around the Belgard Square area.”
