Latest: Firefighters praised for preventing deaths after high-rise fire in Belfast

Latest: Firefighters have been praised for averting loss of life after a fire broke out in a high-rise tower block near Belfast.

Firefighters have been praised for averting loss of life after a fire broke out in a high-rise tower block near Belfast.

The blaze burst through windows of a ninth floor apartment in Coolmoyne House in Dunmurry, causing scorch damage on two sides of the 14-storey property.