Fire chiefs say hats off to shop staff

FIRE officers praised staff at one of Cork’s biggest department stores last night after a minor fire.

Debenhams on St Patrick’s Street was full of lunchtime shoppers yesterday when fire alarms went off just after 1pm.

A small fire was spotted in a light fitting on the ceiling near an escalator on the ground floor. The store was immediately evacuated as five units of the fire brigade rushed to the scene.