Potential fire trap flats ‘are guarded 24/7’

A potential fire trap apartment block in Dublin has been patrolled 24/7 by fire marshals for over six months following the discovery of a major flaw in the alarm system, according to the building’s management company.

However, sources very familiar with the apartment block have informed the Irish Examiner that they have never seen any fire marshals.

The management company is claiming that the marshals were deployed to Longboat Quay, which includes two six-storey blocks of apartments on Sir John Rogerson Quay, in order to avoid evacuation of residents once the fire alarm shortcomings were discovered.