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Emergency services attend horror vehicle fire blocking lane on busy Irish road as Gardai confirm ‘enquires ongoing'
DUBLIN Fire Brigade yesterday raced to the scene of a vehicle on fire in a Dublin area.
The incident occurred on the Long Mile Road in Walkinstown in
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A van was in flames and left smoking with the boot open and the engine smouldering.
A lane on the
Gardai said enquires into the incident are ongoing.
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The firefighters took to
The picture shows smoke rising from blackened vehicle with a raised bonnet and steaming engine.
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"A lane is temporarily blocked as we await recovery."
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And Gardai confirmed the situation in a statement.
They said: "Gardaí responded when alerted to a van on fire at the Long Mile Road, Walkinstown, Dublin 12, yesterday, Thursday 29
th
May 2025, at approximately 2.20pm.
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"Fire services extinguished the fire and made the area safe. Enquiries are ongoing."
Just days ago and elsewhere in the country, fire brigades and Gardai attended the scene of a fire in an elderly woman's house in
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Tragic great-gran Kathleen Weldon fled her
The 86 had raised four
'COVERED IN BLACK SMOKE'
Gardai and fire services rushed to the bungalow but Kathleen's granddaughter said "the house was pretty much gone".
Edel told The Irish Sun: "Granny was in her sitting room and was snoozing on her chair and when she woke up she heard the fire alarm.
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"The sitting room was covered in black smoke.
"The firefighter said if not only for that [alarm] she wouldn't have woken up."
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Dublin Fire Brigade raced to the scene in Dublin
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