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| Bar destroyed in city centre fire | Bar destroyed in city centre fire |
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| An early morning fire has destroyed a city centre bar in Londonderry. | An early morning fire has destroyed a city centre bar in Londonderry. |
| The blaze broke out at Sister Sara's on Little James Street at about 0130 GMT on Wednesday. | The blaze broke out at Sister Sara's on Little James Street at about 0130 GMT on Wednesday. |
| At the height of the blaze, 50 firefighters and seven appliances battled to prevent the fire spreading to an adjoining apartment block. | At the height of the blaze, 50 firefighters and seven appliances battled to prevent the fire spreading to an adjoining apartment block. |
| No-one was injured, but the seven-storey building was evacuated. Little James Street and Sackville Street remain closed to traffic. | No-one was injured, but the seven-storey building was evacuated. Little James Street and Sackville Street remain closed to traffic. |
| One resident in the apartment block said he spent the night standing outside. | One resident in the apartment block said he spent the night standing outside. |
| "At 1.20am, I heard the alarms going off and after five minutes I sort of panicked and I looked out the window and I saw all the lights flashing and saw the fire brigade. | |
| "I put on my slippers and I was straight out the door," he said. | "I put on my slippers and I was straight out the door," he said. |
| Station Commander Kevin Lynch said the Fire Service had to battle to save the adjoining building. | |
| "When the fire did go out though the roof, there were three windows on the gable end of the block of flats, and it took a lot of effort to make sure the fire didn't get through to the flats." | "When the fire did go out though the roof, there were three windows on the gable end of the block of flats, and it took a lot of effort to make sure the fire didn't get through to the flats." |
| "It was quite a serious incident and we had a lot of concerns early on, primarily with the threat to life in the flats," he said. | "It was quite a serious incident and we had a lot of concerns early on, primarily with the threat to life in the flats," he said. |
| Mr Lynch said the Fire Service was still at the scene, and was trying to make the building safe. | Mr Lynch said the Fire Service was still at the scene, and was trying to make the building safe. |
| "There is a lot of loose debris on the roof, and we would be fearful that if high winds got up some of that loose debris could come off and fall into the street," he said. | "There is a lot of loose debris on the roof, and we would be fearful that if high winds got up some of that loose debris could come off and fall into the street," he said. |
| Meanwhile, there has also been a fire on the site of a former hospital in Carrickfergus. It spread from the ground floor to the roof of the site at Taylor's Avenue. | Meanwhile, there has also been a fire on the site of a former hospital in Carrickfergus. It spread from the ground floor to the roof of the site at Taylor's Avenue. |
| Forty firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to a nearby day centre. | Forty firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to a nearby day centre. |