{"id":587045,"date":"2026-08-08T13:44:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:44:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587045\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T13:44:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T13:44:13","slug":"girls-who-survived-galway-house-fire-by-jumping-from-third-storey-window-undergo-surgery-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/587045\/","title":{"rendered":"Girls who survived Galway house fire by jumping from third-storey window undergo surgery \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two young girls who survived a large house fire in <a href=\"https:\/\/irishtimes.com\/tags\/galway\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/irishtimes.com\/tags\/galway\">Galway<\/a> on Thursday by jumping from a third-storey window are still in hospital. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Their three younger siblings were rescued by two neighbours, who entered the burning building before the arrival of the fire service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">One of the girls was in the high dependency unit at University Hospital Galway (UHG) after undergoing an operation yesterday, while the other is scheduled to undergo surgery on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The fire occurred at a council-owned property in Sl\u00ed Gheal, Knocknacarra around 6pm on Thursday, sending thick smoke across the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Two foreign nationals who live in the area were the first to respond to the blaze, entering the building and evacuating three children, according to eyewitnesses. However, two of the girls were trapped in a room on the third floor of the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The children in the family range in age from four to 17. It is understood that the two girls who jumped from the top window are teenagers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">They received medical treatment at the scene before being brought to UHG by ambulance. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The fire was extinguished by the local fire service but reignited shortly after midnight, requiring them to attend the scene again. It is understood that no foul play is suspected at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A spokesman for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/an-garda-siochana\/\">An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na<\/a> confirmed that garda\u00ed and emergency services had responded to reports of a fire at a residential property on Ballymoneen Road, Knocknacarra around 6:30pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cTwo children were brought by ambulance to University Hospital Galway for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cThe fire was extinguished by the local fire service, who attended the scene again after midnight as the fire reignited. The scene has been preserved for a technical examination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The spokesman added that enquiries were ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two young girls who survived a large house fire in Galway on Thursday by jumping from a third-storey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":587046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4500,1346,61,60,43],"class_list":["post-587045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-galway","tag-garda-siochana","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/587046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}