Gardaí investigating overnight fire-bomb attack on Longford house
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted shortly after 4.30am and they rushed to the scene in McEoin Park
Gardaí are investigating a fire-bomb attack that on a man's home in McEoin Park overnight.
Offcers and emergency services were alerted shortly after 4.30am and they rushed to the scene.
The middle-aged man, who was the sole occupant at the time of the attack managed to get out of the house uninjured but he was shaken and shocked.
Longford Fire Service arrived to see the house in flames with the extreme heat melting off the front door and there is visible extensive damage to the front of the house and some to a house next door.
A Garda spokesman said, "Gardaí and emergency services responded to report of an incident of criminal damage by fire at a domestic residence in Longford town in the early hours of this morning, Monday 15th June 2026.
"The local fire service extinguished the fire.
"There were no injuries reported."
It is understood the middle aged man who lives at the house managed to escape from the house after the firebomb was thrown while his house was in flames and filled with smoke.
A neighbour, who did not want to be named, said, "I woke up to a lot of noise outside and I thought it was roadworks that are going on nearby, but then I realised it was 4.40am and it was something else.
"I went outside and I saw the fire brigade there and they were already putting it.”
It is understood the occupant of the home was covered in smoke and he was treated at the scene.
The neighbour, who lives nearby with her husband, said there is ‘usually nothing like this here in this area’ and the area surrounding her home is usually quiet.
“It could easily have taken told and spread to the houses either side of it and the it could have put a lot of people at risk,” she added.
A local source said there was a belief the attack may have been a case of mistaken identity.
A Garda spokesman said, "Gardaí and emergency services responded to report of an incident of criminal damage by fire at a domestic residence in Longford town in the early hours of this morning, Monday 15th June 2026.
"The local fire service extinguished the fire.
"There were no injuries reported."