Here is the shocking moment two armed men chase each other as a fire rages just yards away.
One man with what appears to be a meat cleaver is seen chasing another man with a large knife or machete.
A third man then appears in the distance with what looks like a hurl, Dublin Live reports.
The shocking footage was filmed in Clarehall at around midday today, when two cars were set alight outside a house, which also caught fire .
The house next door also suffered damage in the massive blaze, which saw the Dublin Fire Brigade called to Templeview Green earlier today.
Dramatic footage shows cars caught in raging fire in north Dublin housing estate
It has since emerged that there were two separate arson attacks - as well as the blaze in Clarehall, there was an earlier fire in nearby Priorswood when a man is alleged to have set fire to the outside of an apartment block in Newtown Court.
A man has been arrested in connection with both blazes.
Gardai told Dublin Live: "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.
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"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.
"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.
