{"id":204256,"date":"2025-11-28T05:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/204256\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T05:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T05:23:17","slug":"family-lucky-to-be-alive-following-arson-attack-on-house-in-ballyfermot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/204256\/","title":{"rendered":"Family &#8216;lucky to be alive&#8217; following &#8216;arson attack&#8217; on house in Ballyfermot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The blaze was attended by firefighters from Dolphins Barn and Tallaght stations and Gardai are continuing their investigations after doing a technical examination of the scene<\/p>\n<p>16:15, 27 Nov 2025Updated 16:17, 27 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0_DFB.jpg\" alt=\"A Dublin City Fire Brigade truck parked on a Dublin Street in Ireland.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>A Dublin City Fire Brigade truck parked on a Dublin Street in Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">A family are &#8220;lucky to be alive&#8221; after a house in Ballyfermot was targeted in a suspected arson attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">Garda\u00ed and emergency services attended the scene in the early hours of this morning. All the occupants of the house were evacuated and brought to hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">The local fire service extinguished the fire. A technical examination of the scene has been completed and investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin-fire-brigade\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dublin Fire Brigade <\/a>also confirmed that the scene was handed over to Gardai once the flames had been extinguished. The blaze was attended by firefighters from Dolphins Barn and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/tallaght\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Tallaght<\/a> stations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">&#8220;<a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin-fire-brigade\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dublin Fire Brigade<\/a> received reports of a fire off the Kylemore Road in <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/dublin\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dublin<\/a> 10 at 01.00 hrs this morning. Firefighters from Dolphins Barn and Tallaght stations responded and breathing apparatus teams extinguished the fire. Four people were removed to hospital for treatment. After hotspots were cooled down the scene was handed over to Gardai.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dublinlive.ie\/all-about\/sinn-fein\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sinn F\u00e9in Dublin City Councillor Daith\u00ed Doolan<\/a> has today condemned what he called an &#8220;arson attack&#8221; on the house in Ballyfermot. He said that the family have been left facing homelessness after the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">\u201cThe attack arson last night on a family home in Labre Park was cowardly, wrong and totally unacceptable. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms. The attack has left a family homeless and lucky to be alive,&#8221; Cllr. Daith\u00ed Doolan said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">\u201cI was to extend my heartfelt sympathy to this local family. I hope they get the support they deserve to help them through this very difficult time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"dublinlive\">He strongly called for justice in this alleged incident. 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