Five units of the Dublin Fire Brigade were called to a major fire at a 10-bedroom house last night thought to be owned by NAMA.

The alarm was raised just after 7 o'clock after a blaze broke out at the unoccupied home in Rathcoole.

Five pumps from Tallaght, Dolphin's Barn, Rathfarnam and Dun Laoghaire attended the scene which took over five hours to bring under control.