UPDATED 5.30PM: A man and woman have been rescued following an apartment block fire in Letterkenny.
The fire broke out at a hallway in an apartment block at Lower Main Street.
The emergency services rushed to the scene of the fire before 5pm.
A hoist was used to take the man and woman from the apartment at Westside apartments.
It is understood the fire may have started in a hallway outside the couple’s apartment.
It is not known if anybody has been hurt as a result of the fire and it is not known how the blaze started.
We will bring you more on this story as it develops.