Fire services and gardaí attended an incident involving a fire at a commercial premises in New Inns, Ballyjamesduff last night at around 9:00p.m.
The incident happened at a local agricultural business, which supplies machinery and is also involved in tractor repairs.
Several fire crews from Cavan Town, Virginia and Ballyjamesduff tackled the blaze and brought the fire under control in the early hours of this morning. The agricultural business is located along the N3 and for a number of hours smoke could been seen billowing out on to busy road.
The road remained open at all times as motorists approached with extreme caution. It is currently not known what caused the fire and no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
Local Fine Gael councillor T.P. O’Reilly said that from driving past the premises, he could see the fire caused 'extensive damage'.
