Arson probe in Cork City after man injured jumping from burning Rochestown house

He and two others have been brought to hospital 

Gardaí are investigating the circumstances surrounding of an overnight house fire at Siver Birch off the Rochestown Road at around 12.30am.

A young man sustained significant lower limb injuries after jumping from the first floor of a house on fire in a Cork City suburb in the early hours of Monday morning. 

Gardaí have confirmed that they are investigating the blaze at Silver Birch off the Rochestown Road, which they were alerted to shortly after midnight, as "an incident of criminal damage by fire".