Clara pub fire not being treated as suspicious

Gardaí say they are not treating a fire that broke out at a Clara pub overnight as suspicious. According to Sergeant Graham Kavanagh of Tullamore garda station the fire was discovered in Bunny's Bar in Clara at approximately 3.50am in the early hours of this morning, Tuesday, December 18. Fire brigade units from Clara and Tullamore quenched the blaze. Sgt Kavanagh said the fire appears to have started in the pub's smoking area, where the DJ box is also situated. The fire was reportedly also confined to that area and didn't spread further before being put out. Sgt Kavanagh said CCTV has been examined and it has confirmed that nobody was in the area at the time of the fire. Gardaí are at present not treating the incident as suspicious, he added.