Emergency services deployed to bin fire in Limerick city centre
PERSONNEL from Limerick Fire and Rescue attended the scene of a fire in the heart of the city centre overnight.
A refuse bin with waste inside was ablaze on a public footpath at O'Connell Street just outside of a commercial premesis and the alarm was raised shortly before 10pm on Wednesday.
According to the fire service, a call was received in at 9:50pm and one unit from the Limerick city fire station, Mulgrave Street was on the scene to extinguish the flames within five minutes.
The appliance on the scene was Alpha-1, a Scania P320 WrL (Water Tender Ladder).
The remains of the partially-burned bin remained on the street overnight, with charred contents still inside.
A response to a query from Limerick Live is awaited from the gardaí.