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Kim O'Leary

Crane used to rescue person from Dublin building site

Firefighters rushed to a building site in Dublin overnight and used a crane to rescue a person from the scene.

Taking to social media, Dublin Fire Brigade confirmed that they were called out to help save a person from a building site on Thursday night. A spokesman said: "Firefighter/Advanced Paramedics were able to utilise a 45m crane to extricate a person from a site this evening.

"Great teamwork and communication between site staff and first responders from Blanchardstown and Phibsborough fire stations led to an effective rescue."

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It is not known if anyone was injured. Dublin Live has contacted An Garda Siochana for comment.

Dublin Fire Brigade rescued a person from a site using a crane last night (Dublin Fire Brigade Twitter)

Earlier this week Dublin Fire Brigade shared shocking photos of a turned over car following a collision on the R136 in Clondalkin. There were no injuries as a result of the road traffic collision and Dublin Fire Brigade successfully stabilised the vehicle.

The photos show the overturned car thrown into bushes off the road. Dublin Fire Brigade wrote on Twitter they used struts to stabilise the car and minimise danger to other road users.

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