Dublin Airport flights were halted because of a fire

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Blathnaid Healy
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UPDATED 9:10 a.m. BST: Flights have resumed at Dublin Airport but delays are expected because of the disruption.

Flights were temporarily suspended in Dublin Airport on Wednesday morning because of a fire on the roof of one of the hangars.

Fire crews were attending the fire, which is in a restricted section of the airport away from passenger facilities, according to Irish national broadcaster, RTÉ. Two aircraft were believed to be in the hangar.

Confirmed fire in a hanger Dublin Airport.we have 4 pumps , environmental unit & TTL and incident commander IA— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) August 26, 2015

Dublin Airport tweeted that the fire was under control, however it said passengers should still check their flights as operations remained suspended. No one was injured in the incident.

Dublin Airport this morning. Fingers crossed all ok pic.twitter.com/f0ImQC709Y— Mike Vince (@halo_straight) August 26, 2015

@rtenews smoke Dublin airport pic.twitter.com/z0zSnviRhD— Pearse Cromwell (@Cromwell1990) August 26, 2015

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