{"id":12000,"date":"2025-08-20T16:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12000\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T16:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T16:59:09","slug":"luas-red-line-to-be-partially-closed-for-at-least-a-week-due-to-fire-damage-near-ifsc-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/12000\/","title":{"rendered":"Luas Red Line to be partially closed for \u2018at least\u2019 a week due to fire damage near IFSC \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Luas<\/a> Red Line services will not operate between Connolly and The Point for at least a week following a major fire that broke out yesterday near the International Financial Services Centre<\/a> (IFSC). <\/p>\n

Locals witnessed flames shooting up from underneath the George\u2019s Dock Bridge at about 6.10pm yesterday evening. Four fire engines<\/a>, a foam tender and a water tanker attended the fire at George\u2019s Dock. <\/p>\n

The fire was brought under control at about 10.30pm. Building inspections commenced at midnight after an appeal was put out for keyholders to attend the scene.<\/p>\n

Luas operator Transdev said on Wednesday evening that there is \u201csignificant damage\u201d to George\u2019s Dock Bridge, which forms part of the Red line. The bridge must undergo essential repairs, structural engineering assessments and multiple inspections from engineers and safety experts, it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly when these works and checks are complete will services be able to resume,\u201d the operator said. Currently, Transdev cannot confirm a reopening date, but it will continue to provide updates on progress.<\/p>\n

It said the bridge will \u201cremain closed for at least the next seven days, and until it is certified safe for use\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese checks are essential for everyone\u2019s safety, and we appreciate your patience and support,\u201d it said, adding that trams are operating between Tallaght\/Saggart and Connolly. Luas tickets are valid on local Dublin Bus services at this time.<\/p>\n

Firefighting operations continued overnight. The incident was then further scaled back and one fire engine remained at the scene. It left at 10.30am on Wednesday. <\/p>\n

Fire inspectors, garda\u00ed and engineers have been assessing the damage underneath the bridge, which is an important crossing point in the Dublin Docklands<\/a> area. <\/p>\n

One local, who asked not to be named, said they were alerted to the fire by a smell like burning tyres. \u201cI came out and the whole bridge was in flames,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\"GardaíGarda\u00ed and Dublin Fire Brigade personnel inspect the damaged George’s Dock Bridge after a fire overnight. Photograph: Ronan McGreevy <\/p>\n

He added that other residents had seen blue flames shooting up from the ground, indicating a gas leak. <\/p>\n

In a statement, Gas Networks Ireland<\/a> said: \u201cAt 18:29 we responded immediately to a request for assistance from the fire services to an incident in the George\u2019s Dock area of Dublin. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur staff arrived on site at 19:06. The crew worked closely with the emergency services to safely isolate the gas flow. An investigation into the cause of the incident is under way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Ray McAdam said the situation \u201ccould have been much worse\u201d given that the incident occurred at a busy time and flames were quickly seen enveloping the bridge. <\/p>\n

\"LordLord Mayor of Dublin Cllr Ray McAdam at the scene of the bridge fire in the Dublin Docklands. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut it looks to me that it was quite a serious fire and [resolving] it was down to the quality and expertise of our fire brigade personnel, and thankfully there was no member of the [Dublin Fire Brigade] injured either. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have the results of the assessment as soon as possible so we can provide certainty to Luas users,\u201d he said. \u201cWe have to understand the full consequences of the damage done to the infrastructure and we will try and ensure that things return to normal as quickly as possible. We need to make sure it is all safe first.\u201d <\/p>\n

A coffee shop adjacent to the bridge was closed early on Wednesday morning, as was the Harbour Bar across the road from it. Electricity was restored to them on Wednesday morning. Other businesses in the area were working normally. <\/p>\n

It is estimated temperatures at the site of the fire reached 1,000 degrees during it, and that the steel girders holding up the bridge can withstand temperatures of up to 600 degrees. <\/p>\n

Cllr McAdam said it could take as long as 48 hours to ascertain the damage to the bridge, but it will not reopen as either a pedestrian or Luas crossing until it is safe to do so. <\/p>\n

\"FirefightersFirefighters battled intense flames at George\u2019s Dock in Dublin after a major blaze broke out Tuesday evening. Photograph: Damien Storan \"DublinDublin Fire brigade members battle a fire near the IFSC on Tuesday evening. Photograph: Damien Storan \"DublinDublin Fire Brigade members battle a blaze near the IFSC. Photograph: Damien Storan \"DublinDublin Fire Brigade members fighting the fire near Dublin’s IFSC. Photograph: Sam Boal\/Collins <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luas Red Line services will not operate between Connolly and The Point for at least a week following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11223,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[956,9,10,11551,51,18,13,14,10892,6,19,9898,17,11,12,11550,15,16,5,7,8],"class_list":{"0":"post-12000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-an-garda-siochana","9":"tag-breaking-news","10":"tag-breakingnews","11":"tag-dublin-docklands","12":"tag-dublin-fire-brigade","13":"tag-eire","14":"tag-featured-news","15":"tag-featurednews","16":"tag-gas-networks-ireland","17":"tag-headlines","18":"tag-ie","19":"tag-ifsc","20":"tag-ireland","21":"tag-latest-news","22":"tag-latestnews","23":"tag-luas","24":"tag-main-news","25":"tag-mainnews","26":"tag-news","27":"tag-top-stories","28":"tag-topstories"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}