Updated 7.48am
ALL POWER HAS been restored in the Inchicore area of west Dublin following a dramatic explosion and fire at an ESB sub station last night.
Emergency services responded to the blaze at the sub station on Kylemore Way in the Inchicore area of west Dublin at 7.20pm.
The ESB has confirmed that full power has been restored in the area. About 15,000 customers had been left without supply in the wake of the fire.
There were no reports of any injuries, while the sub station itself was unmanned.
“At 7.20pm we began to receive numerous calls regarding a large explosion at the sub station,” a Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) spokesperson said.
The facility is a 220kb substation which was well ablaze by the time we reached it. The ESB had isolated all electricity before we commenced our operation.
Units from Dolphin’s Barn, Tallaght, Tara Street and a foam unit from the North Strand were all present at the blaze, as 20,000 gallons of oil had been at risk, the spokesperson confirmed.
The cause of the fire is as yet unknown.
There had been a transformer fire at the station, an ESB spokesperson confirmed.
Dublin Fire Brigade confirmed it had multiple units attending the scene.
ESB Networks crews also attended the scene, working in cooperation with firefighters.
Additional reporting Cianan Brennan
Originally published 19.50, 18 April 2016
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