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Aengus O'Hanlon

Dramatic footage shows cars caught in raging fire in north Dublin housing estate

Here is the dramatic moment a raging fire took hold in a housing estate in north Dublin.

The footage shows two cars on fire outside a house in the suburb of Clarehall, with the house itself also ablaze.

The house next door also suffered damage in the massive blaze, which saw the Dublin Fire Brigade called to Templeview Green earlier today, Dublin Live reports.

It has since emerged that there were two separate arson attacks - one in Clarehall and an earlier one in nearby Priorswood, when a man is alleged to have set fire to the outside of an apartment block in Newtown Court.

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A man has been arrested in connection with both blazes.

A garda spokesperson said: "Gardai have arrested a man in his 40s following several incidents of criminal damage by fire that occurred in the Coolock and Clarehall areas of Dublin on 25/03/2019.

"At approximately 12:30pm Gardaí received reports that a man had set fire to the outside of an apartment complex in the Newtown Court area of Coolock Dublin 17.

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"Shortly after at approximately 12:55pm the Gardaí arrested a man after two cars were set alight in the Templeview Green area of Clarehall, Dublin 13."

The man is currently detained in Coolock Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act. Investigations are continuing.

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