Attentive motorist prevents major blaze

AN ALERT motorist who spotted smoke pouring from a house in Cork city centre yesterday helped firefighters prevent a major blaze.

Mark O’Donohoe was driving along the South Link Road just before 4pm when he spotted the smoke coming from the roof of a house on Railway Terrace, a quiet stretch of 12 three-storey houses off Anglesea St.

He alerted the emergency services and three units of Cork City Fire Brigade rushed from their Anglesea St headquarters nearby.