North Cork school badly damaged after overnight blaze
The alarm was raised at 3.20am when smoke was seen billowing from the Patrician Academy on Fair Street in Mallow.
A school in North Cork has been badly damaged after an overnight fire.
The alarm was raised at 3.20am when smoke was seen billowing from the Patrician Academy on Fair Street in Mallow.
Five units of the Cork City and County Fire service responded to the scene and brought the fire under control and stopped it from spreading further.
Patricia Acdemdy Secondary School in Mallow Destroyed by Fire over Night @RedFMNews @PaulByrne_1 @CorkEveningEcho pic.twitter.com/Q4q5XC3y3F
— Patrick Hogan (@CorkBizPatrick) July 13, 2016
Three units of the fire brigade remain at the scene.
It's understood no one was in the building at the time.
More Image of #Fire Patricia Academy Mallow in the early hours this morning credit image Michael O Sullivan pic.twitter.com/lU2D6fSmHm
— Patrick Hogan (@CorkBizPatrick) July 13, 2016
Gardaí are also in attendance and local traffic diversions are in place on Friar Street.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact gardaí.
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