Updated at 1.40pm
FOUR UNITS OF Dublin Fire Brigade have been dealing with a blaze at a building on Aungier Street, one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares.
Emergency services arrived on the scene at around 12.50pm this lunchtime.
Around 20 firefighters were battling flames from the roof of a one-storey building to the rear of Aungier Street.
There have been no injuries.
One fire unit was reversed into the car park of a block of flats on York Street, just around the corner, for access. Two hoses were deployed.
Landmark pub The Swan was evacuated due to smoke in the premises.
Gardaí also responded to the scene.
It’s believed the fire started in a stack of wood and other material that had been accumulated for Halloween, according to Dublin Fire Brigade.
The building was unoccupied.
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