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EMERGENCY SERVICES IN Kildare fought a blaze at a disused factory in Naas for over five hours last night before it was brought under control and extinguished.
Fire brigades from Naas, Newbridge and Maynooth were deployed to the scene on the N7 at about 8.30pm after an alarm was raised at the vacant Cemex Concrete Pipes factory.
Plumes of thick, black smoke hampered driving conditions for the evening near the well-known Perpetual Motion sculpture on the national road.
Gardaí told TheJournal.ie this morning that investigations continue but no known cause has been determined.
The Senior Assistant Chief Fire Officer from the Newbridge unit confirmed that nobody was injured in the fire. The last firefighters left the site at 1.45 this morning after the blaze was extinguished.
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Thats one cool car in the first pic
Starsky & Hutch minus the stripe…
Starsky and Hutch drove a Ford Gran Torino. Car in the picture is a Dodge Challenger.
It’s a big fire!
Its a Dodge Charger..
Of course, this had to happen on the one day it DIDN’T rain
Look at those deadly toxic fumes bellowing into the sky. If this were anywhere else in Europe it would declared a 5 alarm chemical fire disaster with EPA officials on scene offering evacuating and offering advice and info through the airwaves and online media. Here we just laugh. While you are busting a gut.. were any schools or hospitals down wind? After all it is NAAS so there are people all around the area.
Glen did you just thumb down me?……grrrrrrrrrrrrr
Impressively frightening photos.
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