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| Firefighters tackle hotel blaze | Firefighters tackle hotel blaze |
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| More than 50 firefighters are tackling a fire at a derelict hotel on the Coast Road near Glenarm, County Antrim. | More than 50 firefighters are tackling a fire at a derelict hotel on the Coast Road near Glenarm, County Antrim. |
| Crews have been at the Drumnagreagh Hotel since the early hours of this morning. | Crews have been at the Drumnagreagh Hotel since the early hours of this morning. |
| Water has been pumped from the sea, and an aerial appliance used to fight the fire from above. | Water has been pumped from the sea, and an aerial appliance used to fight the fire from above. |
| William Caverner of the Fire Service said it was "very, very rare" for officers to have to use water from the sea. | |
| "Most of the water supplies in the province are very good, this was because of the hotel's remoteness and pressure problems," he said. | |
| "There's not really many other buildings in that area so the water services couldn't increase the pressure. | |
| "The easiest and quickest option for us was to get the high volume pumps to work." |