DFB rescue nine people after explosion at Drimnagh home
FIREFIGHTERS from Tallaght and Dolphin’s Barn removed nine people to safety last night, after a fire, believed to have started from an aerosol exploding, engulfed a house in Drimnagh.
Only six minutes after receiving the 999 call, three fire engines and two Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) emergency ambulances from Tallaght and Dolphin’s Barn descended on the scene.
9 removed to safety and 1 to hospital after a explosion and fire in a domestic dwelling last night in Dublin 12. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/bj0pEAkWhJ
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) February 28, 2017
Possibly caused by an aerosol. Stud wall knocked down and back door blown out by the force of the explosion. pic.twitter.com/hNfu9EJ8Rv
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) February 28, 2017
Of the nine people evacuated to safety one was taken to hospital after the explosion and fire in the home.
According to DFB, the fire was possibly sparked by an aerosol, with the home’s stud wall knocked down and the back door blown out by the force of the explosion.