Metropole Hotel fire, Portrush
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Metropole Hotel fire, Portrush
Image: © Willie Duffin Taken: 17 Dec 2009
Firemen hosing down the hotel from an elevated position. The hotel had been set alight sometime during the early morning. It has become quite a regular occurrence in and around Portrush in recent years especially as we have so many unused buildings waiting for development.
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Image Location
Latitude
55.199375
Longitude
-6.654263