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05th Jul 2017

VIDEO: Timelapse footage of Tuesday’s fire at an abandoned hospital in Cork city

The fire broke out around 8pm on Tuesday evening.

Tony Cuddihy

The timelapse footage was captured by JOE reader Sean Henderson.

Firefighters in Cork city struggle to put out the fire at the derelict former St. Anne’s Hospital overlooking Cork city on Tuesday evening in this timelapse footage by JOE reader Sean Henderson.

The former psychiatric hospital has been abandoned for some time now, and is known as one of the city’s most iconic landmarks.

The destruction caused by the fire can be seen as firefighters battle in vain to save the building, also known as St Kevin’s Hospital.

Clip via Sean Henderson

The blaze broke out around 8pm on Tuesday night and it took the emergency services a full eight hours to subdue the flame.

The alarm was raised by a fisherman on the River Lee.

Clip via Irish Droneworks

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