All asylum seekers and Defence Forces personnel are safe after a fire at an emergency accommodation centre in Co Wicklow.
A fire broke out in the canteen of the emergency accommodation and reception centre in Kilbride Military Camp.
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The blaze prompted a multi-agency response involving An Garda Síochána, the fire brigade and military police.
The fire was later extinguished.
The Defence Forces said: “All International Protection applicants and Defence Forces personnel are safe and accounted for.
“A damage assessment and investigation is currently ongoing.”
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