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Fire in port tunnel

  • 11-03-2008 1:01pm
    #1
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,064 ✭✭✭✭


    DPT closed at the moment due to a tyre of a truck catching fire.


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  • #2
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,064 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    HGV city ban has just been lifted.


  • #3
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 42,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Presumably reports are collated following each 'emergency' incident within the tunnel. Am I correct on this and if so, are they made public?


  • #4
    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    breakingnews.ie wrote:
    The Dublin Port Tunnel has been temporarily closed to all traffic after a truck caught fire in the facility this afternoon.

    The HGV ban in the city centre was lifted shortly after the closure, which happened at around 12.30pm.

    The emergency services are at the scene, but no injuries have been reported.

    The tunnel was not expected to remain closed for long, but motorists are being warned to expect delays in the city due to lifting of the HGV ban.

    Weren't we just discussing this?


  • #5
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,563 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    In fairness, the tyre caught fire just as it exited the tunnel. If there wasn't so much publicity in the past week or so on safety in the tunnel I doubt it would've closed


  • #6
    paulm17781
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,858 ✭✭✭paulm17781


    bennyx_o wrote: »
    In fairness, the tyre caught fire just as it exited the tunnel. If there wasn't so much publicity in the past week or so on safety in the tunnel I doubt it would've closed

    The headline on the site I took that from was "Blaze closes port tunnel". I like the OTT media.


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  • #7
    bennyx_o
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,563 ✭✭✭bennyx_o


    Yea, i heard that on the radio too. Traffic was backed up a fair bit in the docks for a while after it happened, but it seems to have cleared up a bit now


  • #8
    Red Alert
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 7,486 ✭✭✭Red Alert


    Did the jet fans work I wonder?


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