Fire damages ground floor of Cork’s Park Bar on Tuckey Street

Emergency services responded to a fire at the Park Bar on Tuckey Street in Cork city in the early hours of Thursday.

Three units of the Cork City Fire Brigade were dispatched just before 7.30 am and found that the ground floor of the premises had suffered considerable damage.

The publican, Benny McCabe, who owns the bar, confirmed the incident and said the full extent of the damage would be assessed. No occupants were present in the building at the time of the fire.

In a separate call, the brigade also attended a fire on the roof of an apartment complex on Alfred Street, where residents managed the blaze before firefighters arrived.

Source: Irish Examiner. Photo: Rishikesh Dharane / Pexels.