8 minutes away from gas supply being ignited: 19 families homeless after Dublin flats fire

“I was told by a fireman who attended here on Saturday that we are all lucky to be alive," said one resident, after the fire in Marmion Court Flats, Blackhall Street.

Up to 150 residents in a flat complex, were just minutes away from a serious explosion which could have claimed numerous lives or caused serious injury, due a fire broke out in an electrics house.

The fire broke out at 9am on Saturday in Marmion Court Flats, Blackhall Street close to the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin.