50 fires in derelict Dublin housing estate this year

The Dublin Fire Brigade has been called out at least 50 times to tackle fires in derelict houses on one estate in Loughlinstown this year. The houses on Laurel Avenue in Loughlinstown, according to the fire brigade, were condemned more than two years ago. Of 60 houses in the estate, more than three-quarters of them are boarded up, with half of these now burnt out.