Two people have had a lucky escape after a small fire started at their home in Letterkenny during the early hours of this morning.
Letterkenny Fire Service were alerted to the blaze in the Rosemount area, shortly after 2:15am this morning.
Upon arrival at the scene the fire service found one of the occupants outside the premises while a second was trapped on the first floor.
Glen Hamilton is Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer, he says the fire was detected at a very early stage thanks to the smoke alarm:
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