Investigation underway after Greenisland houses destroyed by fire
The cause of the fire in Co. Antrim which burned two terraced houses and damaged two others is being investigated
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The incident happened in Greenisland, near Carrickfergus, in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The Northern Ireland Fire Service, with PSNI assistance, dealt with a row of terraced houses on fire, alongside two oil tanks and a shed.
45 firefighting personnel, five firefighting jets and an aerial water tower were tending to the scene.
Some residents had to be evacuated but there were no injuries reported.
NIFRS Area Commander Dermot Rooney said "the cause of the fire is under investigation".
The PSNI said the fire "has been deemed accidental at this time".
Alliance Party councillor Stewart Dickson, who lives in the area, expressed his sympathies to the families affected.
Dickson praised the Greenisland community who "really rallied around the victims of the fire".
He called the situation "extremely distressing" and urges for a "full and thorough investigation into exactly what caused the fire".