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Firefighters tackle hotel blaze Tide used to tackle coast fire
(about 5 hours later)
More than 50 firefighters are tackling a fire at a derelict hotel on the Coast Road near Glenarm, County Antrim. Firefighters using sea water to tackle a fire at a hotel on the County Antrim coast have had to move their pumps because the tide has gone out.
Crews have been at the Drumnagreagh Hotel since the early hours of this morning. Crews have been at the derelict Drumnagreagh Hotel near Glenarm since the early hours of Friday morning.
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 rare" for officers to have to use water from the sea.
William Caverner of the Fire Service said it was "very, very rare" for officers to have to use water from the sea. "This was because of the hotel's remoteness and pressure problems," he said.
"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."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.""The easiest and quickest option for us was to get the high volume pumps to work."
More than 50 firefighters, from as far away as Belfast and Coleraine, have been tackling the blaze.
The building has been extensively damaged.