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Books of condolence open for 10 people who died in Carrickmines fire County Dublin fire: Enda Kenny visits scene of fire that claimed 10 lives
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Books of condolence have opened for the 10 people who died in a fire at a travellers' site in the Republic of Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny has visited the site where 10 people, including five children, died in a fire in the Republic of Ireland on Saturday.
All of those killed were from two families. All of those killed in the blaze in Carrickmines in County Dublin were from two traveller families.
The victims include a couple and two children, an adult relative and another couple and three children. The victims were a couple and their three children, another couple and their two children, and a relative.
It is understood the blaze broke out at a pre-fabricated building at the site on the Glenamuck Road in Carrickmines, County Dublin, on Saturday morning. One child who died was a six-month-old baby girl. Two adults and a child who were injured remain in hospital.
Dublin Fire Service said there was nothing to suggest at this stage that the blaze was caused by suspicious circumstances. It is understood the blaze broke out at a pre-fabricated building at the site.
Police said one child who died was a six-month-old baby girl. During his visit, Mr Kenny offered his sympathy to the families of those who died.
It is understood three generations of one family were living on the site and had been there for about eight years. Earlier, he said that flags would fly at half-mast on government and public buildings on the days the victims' funerals take place.
Irish prime minister Enda Kenny said flags would fly at half-mast on government and public buildings on the days that the funerals take place. The names of victims will not be released until formal identification of the bodies has been completed and relatives have been informed.
Sympathy Police are investigating the cause of the blaze but it is not being treated as suspicious.
Prayers are being said at Masses on Sunday for the victims and their relatives. Prayers were said at Masses on Sunday for the victims and their relatives and members of the public have been leaving flowers and messages of sympathy at the entrance to the site.
Members of the public have been leaving flowers and messages of sympathy at the entrance to the site. A minute's silence will be held before the Republic of Ireland's Euro 2016 qualifying match against Poland in Warsaw as a mark of respect.
A minute's silence will be held before the Republic of Ireland's game against Poland later on Sunday as a mark of respect. Geraldine Dunn, from the Southside Traveller Action Group support group said the victims' families were in "an enormous amount of shock".
Two adults injured in the blaze are being treated in hospital for the effects of breathing in smoke. "I don't think Ireland has slept last night thinking about the tragedy, so I really don't know how to sum it up in one word, the effect of what has happened," she said.
The fire service said paramedics had risked their lives to rescue children from the fire. "I have to say all our communities have been outstanding with the amount of support that they have given.
Geraldine Dunn, from the Southside Traveller Action Group, who are providing support to the families, said there were no words to describe what had happened to the family. "The whole country has come together to support in any kind of a way that they can."
"I think that they're still in an enormous amount of shock as is Ireland as a whole and I don't think Ireland has slept last night thinking about the tragedy, so I really don't know how to sum it up in one word, the effect of what has happened," she said.
"We are supporting the family with emergency needs, just basic clothing, accommodation, counselling, planning for the coming days, months, intervention.
"I have to say all our communities have been outstanding with the amount of support that they have given, the whole country has come together to support in any kind of a way that they can."
The site remains sealed off while investigations continue into how the fire started.The site remains sealed off while investigations continue into how the fire started.