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Kinnegad

Three rescued from Westmeath house fire overnight

Gardaí don’t believe the fire was started in suspicious circumstances.
6.14pm, 22 Feb 2015
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THREE PEOPLE WERE rescued from a house fire in Kinnegad, Westmeath overnight.

It’s understood that the building was completely destroyed by the blaze.

Three units of Mullingar fire brigade were called to the scene at around 5:30 this morning.

Gardaí say they do not believe the fire was stared in suspicious circumstances.

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    Feb 11th 2016, 7:22 AM

    Would love to get the native America perspective on this “patriotic” mess

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    If the ‘demonstrators’ weren’t white, they’d be dead 40 days ago.

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    What about Waco? They were white.

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    They got 50 days then they where killed.

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    And they would have been called ‘terrorists’, not occupiers or protestors.

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