Weeping guests flee in terror as huge inferno tears through 15-storey hotel near Dublin Airport

Dozens of guests were successfully evacuated from a major hotel in north Dublin after flames ripped through the upper levels of the building.



The Metro Hotel in Ballymun, on Dublin's north side was badly damaged by the inferno.



Dublin Fire Brigade sent eight fire engines, three aerial units and more than 60 firefighters to the scene, after the fire was reported around 7.30pm yesterday.