Family business in Donegal damaged folllowing major overnight fire

A major fire broke out at Cherrymore Kitchens at Ardlenagh on the Ballyshannon Road in Donegal Town late on Thursday night, May 21, before 11pm. The premises is believed to be extensively damaged, with parts totally destroyed and the remainder suffering substantial smoke damage. Fire services from across the county attended and worked overnight to extinguish the blaze, with six brigades and 58 personnel involved. There are no reports of any injuries. The R267 from the Tullyearl roundabout was closed overnight and has since reopened. The business thanked emergency services and the local community, stating the Donegal Town premises will remain closed while damage is assessed and reassuring that no personnel were on-site at the time.

"Regrettably, an overnight fire occurred at our Headquarters. As a result, our Donegal Town premises will remain closed while we assess the extent of the damage. Most importantly, we want to reassure everyone that no personnel were on-site at the time, and everyone is safe. We would like to extend our sincere thanks to the emergency services for their swift response. We also want to voice our immense gratitude to our neighbor Shane and all the team at Donegal Waste for their incredible support during this incident. Thank you to our wider community for your ongoing patience as we work through this. We will keep you updated on our progress."

"The large fire broke out at Cherrymore Kitchens at Ardlenagh on the Ballyshannon Road in Donegal Town late on Thursday night, May 21 , before 11pm. It is believed the premises is extensively damaged with parts of it totally destroyed while the remainder of the building is believed to have suffered substantial smoke damage. A large crowd of emergency services attended the scene with fire services from across the county arriving to assist and battling overnight to extinguish the large blaze. There are no reports of any injuries."

"Six brigades and 58 personnel from across the county attended the scene and worked overnight. A spokesperson for Donegal County Council said, "On foot of a 999 call received at 10.46pm, the first brigade responding from Donegal Town recognised the extent of a well-established fire and called in additional resources from Ballyshannon, Bundoran, Killybegs, Stranorlar and""

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