A firefighter has been hospitalised following a domestic fire at a house in Co Kildare.
Emergency services were alerted to an incident at a home in Canal Walk, Athy before 11am this morning.
It is not clear if the house was occupied at the time, but none of its residents have been injured.
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The surrounding homes have been evacuated, as a precaution.
Three or four fire tenders remain at the scene.
The cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained, and an investigation is expected to begin shortly.