A family was evacuated from a house following a fire in Edenderry, Co Offaly, this morning.
A man was taken to hospital after the blaze broke out between 4am and 4.30am this morning in the Sycamores estate.
Elsewhere, three people were brought to hospital following a house fire in the Mangerton area of Drimnagh in Dublin.
Four units of the Dublin Fire Service tackled the blaze after they were alerted just before 4am.
The three rescued people were taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation.
