Partial building collapse during blaze at industrial estate in Dublin

Dublin Fire Brigade battling a large fire at an industrial premise in Coolock, north Dublin. Picture date: Thursday August 1, 2024.

There has been a partial building collapse during a massive fire at an industrial estate in Dublin.

The fire broke out at the Camfil building, a building materials supplier, at the Clonshaugh Industrial Estate in Dublin 17 shortly before 4.30pm on Thursday evening.

A number of gardaí from Santry Garda Station attended the scene of the blaze, as well as five units of Dublin Fire Brigade.

Dublin City Fire Brigade said it made good progress in attempting to bring the fire under control, but some structures at the site had collapsed. No injuries were reported.

Earlier, the fire brigade had advised residents nearby to close all windows and doors as a precaution.

Though the plume came from a location not far from Dublin Airport and wind blew it towards it, the airport has stated that its operations had not been impacted.

6️⃣ Six fire engines are now on scene at the #Coolock fire

🚒 We've made good progress at the incident

🔥 Some structures have collapsed pic.twitter.com/nK3Jgbz0VB

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) August 1, 2024

A spokesperson said that the Dublin Airport team and AirNav Ireland would continuine to monitor the situation.

Videos posted to social media showed a large cloud of black smoke rising high into the air, with the plume visible from several areas on Dublin City's northside and from Dublin city centre.

A garda spokesperson said that Dublin Fire Brigade had "primacy at the scene" and that no further information was available.

The fire does not appear to be connected the recent suspected arson attacks at the site of the Crown Paints factory in Coolock, located around 3km away.

By 8pm, fire crews had started to scale their operation back, though some four engines remained at the scene.