FIREFIGHTERS have put out a fire at the Lower Main Street area of Letterkenny this afternoon.
Three units of the fire service inlcuidng two from Letterkenny and another from Ballybofey rushed to the scene of the blaze at Burnside Apartments.
A woman was evacuated from a ground-floor apartment but was unhurt.
Fire crews feared the blaze would spread through the apartment block when it began to make its way up the stairwell of the three storey building.
Three Garda cars were also on the scene of the fire and Gardai were taking eye-witness statements.
An eye-witness said it appeared that an apartment has been gutted.
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