Pic: John Walsh
House near Ballynastraw, Glenbrien which was destroyed by a fire on Saturday evening last.

GARDAI AND two units of Enniscorthy Fire Brigade rushed to Ballynastraw, Glenbrien on Saturday evening after receiving a call about a fire breaking out in a cottage in the area.

The fire was called in by a local farmer and the emergency services attended the scene shortly after 5:30 p.m. The cottage was in an isolated area, down a laneway and could not be seen from the road.

The house, which had a thatched roof, was uninhabited and the fire took a number of hours to get under control but was eventually extinguished with the main damage affecting the thatched roof of the house. The building structure was left relatively unscathed.

It is understood that the owner of the building lives inEnglandand had been home a few weeks prior to the blaze but the house has been uninhabited for a considerable period.

Gardai confirmed that there was no investigation into the fire and that it was being treated as an accident.