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One resident, who was in his home listening to a podcast, said he smelt smoke in his flat.<\/p>\n
“If the fire service were 15 minutes later, I think we would have lost everything,” he said.<\/p>\n
“I went outside to look around and by the time I got back in, the alarms were going off.”<\/p>\n
The man and another resident began to alert others to the danger.<\/p>\n
“We started banging doors and got everybody up apart from one woman, who emergency services had to rescue.”<\/p>\n
He and others watched the flames from the salon roof as the fire inched closer to their properties.<\/p>\n
“My window overlooks the salon. I was looking at the fire growing higher and higher, just thinking: ‘I could lose everything here’.”<\/p>\n
The resident said he counted himself “very lucky” that he only has to deal with smoke damage and not the “devastation” being faced by the hair salon.<\/p>\n
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said it received a report of the incident at 03:24 BST, after which they dispatched support from Omagh, Dromore, Clogher and Londonderry. <\/p>\n
NIFRS confirmed they had extinguished the fire by 06:29.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) also attended to assist with the evacuation.<\/p>\n
They have said the fire is not being treated as suspicious at this time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n