Six recovering after three separate fires

Six people are recovering in hospital this morning after three separate fires in Dublin overnight.

Four people have been taken to their local hospital where they are being treated for smoke inhalation following a blaze on the North Circular Road.

A man was also rescued from his apartment block in Smithfield early today when the fire brigade was alerted to the scene.

And in another incident shortly before 5am this morning a family escaped from their home on Lorcan Avenue in Santry after a fire broke out. A child is recovering in Temple Street hospital.