A pet tarantula has been rescued from an apartment fire.
Crews from Dublin Fire Brigade's Phibsborough and Tara Street stations were called to a flat on Blessington Street on Monday night.
The pet spider was detected by a thermal imaging camera and later rescued.
Firefighters from Phibsborough and Tara Street fire stations were called to reports of a fire in an apartment block overnight.
Breathing apparatus teams quickly extinguished a kitchen fire and rescued one tarantula which was detected on a thermal imaging camera 🕷️😱 pic.twitter.com/Z6nboU8TJN
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) June 11, 2024
Breathing apparatus crews quickly put out the fire.