Shocking footage has emerged of a raging fire in a quiet north Dublin housing estate.
The video shows two cars blazing outside the suburban house in Clarehall, which also caught fire as the inferno raged.
The house next door also suffered damage in the massive blaze, which saw the Dublin Fire Brigade called to Templeview Green earlier today.
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.
A man has been arrested in connection with both blazes.
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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.
"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.
