A number of people have been treated for smoke inhalation following a fire in the underground car park of the Ballymun Travelodge hotel in Dublin.
A number of cars were damaged in the blaze, which was brought under control at around 2.15pm.
Five fire engines, three ambulances and an emergency tender attended the scene.
Members of the Garda Technical Bureau are carrying out an examination of the scene.
In addition to the hotel, there are residential apartments in the complex.
Resident Andrei Luza said that he heard a loud bang while working at his computer at around 1.30pm.
Mr Luza said: "I went out to look and I couldn't see anything and about one minute later I heard another one, the same kind, and then I went out and I saw smoke.
"As soon as I saw smoke I just bolted you know?"
He said: "I'm on the second floor, when we got to the first floor we couldn't see anything just black dark smoke."
He described putting his jacket over his mouth, staying low to the ground and making his way out of the building.
Mr Luza said that there was a couple with a small child trying to get down the stairs at the same time as he was trying to get out and said that there were also a number of older people who live in the apartments.
