An investigation is underway to find out what caused last night’s fire in the Docklands.
A large blaze broke out at George’s Dock with temperatures reaching 1000 degrees.
Operations are concluding at the #GeorgesDock fire
🚒 Crews used thermal imaging and damped down hotspots overnight
🌉 The bridge is being assessed but remains closed
🚃 No @Luas tram services from the Point
4️⃣ At its height four fire engines and other units were on scene pic.twitter.com/4xjV2Peo7C
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) August 20, 2025
Just as workers were leaving the IFSC for home last evening, they began smelling smoke and saw a large fire coming from under the bridge at George’s Dock.
A gas main had gone on fire and it took several hours to put it out as Assistant Chief Fire Officer Greg O’Dwyer explains.
"I suppose from a distance people looking on [might have asked], why aren't they putting the fire out? But you can't put a gas fire out, its safer to let it burn. So it was to put out all of the other electrical cables and networks and so on that were around."
Luckily nobody was injured but the bridge is a couple of hundreds of years old so there is structural damage.
The Luas isn’t running between Connolly and the Point as a result.
⚠️The Luas Red Line Service is running from Tallaght / Saggart to Connolly Stop only.
There is no service from Connolly to The Point Luas Stop.
This is due to a fire yesterday in George’s Dock. We envisage this change to service may last a
period of time as we wait for…— Luas (@Luas) August 20, 2025
Dublin’s Lord Mayor Ray McAdam says it may be some time before it’s back up and running.
"Luas services between here and the Point will not be operating for the foreseeable future."
Crews remain on site here this afternoon as investigators try to figure out what caused the fire.