16 people spent the night in a hotel, after their homes were damaged in an apartment complex fire in Dublin.

The blaze in Geraldstown Wood in Northwood Santry took hold at about ten past five last evening.

A five year old boy was taken to Temple Street Children's Hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation - while two adult males were also hospitalised in a similar condition.

The fire engulfed two apartments but six homes are said to have been left uninhabitable as a result of it.