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Dublin Live
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Roisin Cullen

WATCH: Car bursts into flames and goes up in thick black smoke on busy Dublin Street

This is the scene of a car fire on a busy Dublin city street this afternoon.

Footage shows a car bursting into flames and emitting thick black smoke while locals looked on in horror as the fire engulfed the car.

Dublin Fire Brigade rushed to the scene just before 3pm this evening.

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Firefighters used high pressure hoses to try and get the blaze under control as the heavy smoke caused an obstruction to drivers on Mayor Street.

Thankfully, nobody was injured in the fire.

A DFB spokeswoman said: ""Firefighters from HQ attended a car fire at Mayor Street at 14:50. One crew extinguished the fire with high pressure hose reels."

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