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Tallaght national school will not open tomorrow due to fire

Four units of the Dublin Fire Brigade attended blaze at St Anne’s Primary School

Dublin Fire Brigade officers attend the school fire in Tallaght. Photograph: Dublin Fire Brigade via Twitter
Dublin Fire Brigade officers attend the school fire in Tallaght. Photograph: Dublin Fire Brigade via Twitter
Sun Nov 27 2016 - 11:32

A national school in Tallaght west Dublin will remain closed tomorrow following a fire at the school on Saturday evening.

Principal Mary Cullen said St Anne's Primary School will not open on Monday to allow for an investigation into the fire.

She described the fire as small and said it was not in one of the classrooms.

A weekend fire means St Anne’s Primary School in Tallaght will not open on Monday. Photograph: Dublin Fire Brigade via Twitter
A weekend fire means St Anne’s Primary School in Tallaght will not open on Monday. Photograph: Dublin Fire Brigade via Twitter

She said the school would reopen on Tuesday.

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Four units of the Dublin Fire Brigade attended the blaze at the school, located on Kilcarrig Avenue in the Fettercairn area of Tallaght, at around 7pm on Saturday and it was swiftly brought under control.

Nobody was injured in the incident.

The cause of the fire is unclear.