Video: Rail services affected after fire breaks out at Portarlington station

Images and videos posted on social media showed fire crews attempting to extinguish the fire as smoke billowed around the station.

Rail services from Heuston Station have been affected this evening by a fire near Portarlington station.

A fire in an old locomotive building adjacent to the station broke out at around 3.45pm, and emergency services are at the scene of the blaze.