A person has died after a fire in Dublin city centre.

It happened on Capel Street at around 4:30pm yesterday afternoon.

Several units of Dublin Fire Brigade attended the scene after the blaze broke out and a number of people were evacuated from the building.

After emergency services brought the fire under control, they found a body in a residential unit of the building.

The body has been removed to the Dublin City Mortuary where a post mortem will be carried out today.

The scene has been sealed off for Gardaí to carry out a technical examination.

Gardaí have not released any further details about the deceased.