Dublin Fire Brigade Had To Borrow Some Equipment To Battle A Huge Blaze Last Night

Dublin Fire Brigade needed the assistance of Fingal County Council to battle a huge blaze in Balbriggan last night.

The team went on Twitter to thank the council for the use of their JCB which they needed to extinguish the fire at a building site near the town.

Firefighting ops ongoing in #Balbriggan, foam has been laid down, high spot temperatures. Thanks to @Fingalcoco for assistance with JCB #Dublin #fire #Fingal pic.twitter.com/F6jbuVDYpL
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) December 20, 2017

It is not known what caused the blaze which broke out around 9pm last night.