Fire Dublin Road direction? Lots of smoke.....

landmarkjohn · 04-05-2017 2:14pm #1

Looks like a fairly serious incident judging by the smoke from a couple of miles away. Anyone know what it is? Thursday 15:15.

The Specialist · 04-05-2017 2:17pm

landmarkjohn wrote: »

Looks like a fairly serious incident judging by the smoke from a couple of miles away. Anyone know what it is? Thursday 15:15.

I'm in the Tech Park but I can see it from the office here, large plume of smoke. Looks to be over in the direction of Groody?

Treepole · 04-05-2017 2:19pm

Looks like the Eastway / Delta direction

FutureGuy · 04-05-2017 2:26pm

I can see it from my apartment in the city centre. Serious fire in the direction of the Eastway/Delta shopping area. I don't think it's as far out as there though.

iguana · 04-05-2017 2:28pm

From Ballysimon Rd it looks like it's coming from somewhere around Childer's Rd Dunnes, the halting site or one of the industrial areas near there. Fire crews went past a while ago but have heard numerous explosions from the direction of where the plume is coming from.

FutureGuy · 04-05-2017 2:29pm

iguana wrote: »

From Ballysimon Rd it looks like it's coming from somewhere around Childer's Rd Dunnes, the halting site or one of the industrial areas near there. Fire crews went past a while ago but have heard numerous explosions from the direction of where the plume is coming from.

Yeah the buildings across from the halting site is my best guess.

lasno · 04-05-2017 2:30pm

Limerick FB twitter says it is a scrap metal depot on Ballysimon Road.

FutureGuy · 04-05-2017 2:30pm

Apparently hegartys scrap yard behind smyths - a friend is live streaming it on Facebook.

Berty · 04-05-2017 2:35pm

http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/248300/breaking-emergency-services-attend-scene-of-commercial-in-limerick-city.html#.WQs7Yl3Mnek.facebook

iguana · 04-05-2017 2:36pm

Hopefully no-one will be hurt but anyone with respiratory illnesses between there and town should stay indoor and close windows. I'm underneath the plume and it's almost like night here. I'm also very selfishly relieved as my car is currently at a garage about 100m from there.

zulutango · 04-05-2017 2:37pm

The wind is blowing east at the moment, so the plume should be blowing across the city centre? Can't see it from my vantage point.

iguana · 04-05-2017 2:39pm

It's going down Ballysimon towards Mulgrave St. It's blowing slightly south so possibly heading more toward Sexton St than William St as it reaches town.

panda100 · 04-05-2017 2:43pm

On Upper Willam Street here and there are big, thick smoke clouds passing our windows. I hope nobody is hurt.

phog · 04-05-2017 2:44pm

https://www.facebook.com/flannerysbarlimerick/videos/vb.169948929697754/1846148245411139/?type=2&theater

iguana · 04-05-2017 2:45pm

I could hear sirens a few minutes ago but they didn't pass us which suggests an ambulance coming up Childer's Rd rather than fire-engines.

bigpink · 04-05-2017 2:55pm

That place has gotten a few warning over the last few years

Eoinbmw · 04-05-2017 3:50pm

bigpink wrote: »

That place has gotten a few warning over the last few years

It was only a matter of time before something like this happened with them!:mad:

04-05-2017 4:18pm

My buddy (owner of Clearcircles biggest competitor) compared it to a scrap yard fire in Liverpool last year. He reckons it could end up burning for days. Not good.

zulutango · 04-05-2017 4:30pm

There's a thick smell of smoke in the city centre now. No doubt this is fairly toxic. Better to get away from Limerick for a while, stay indoors or hope the wind changes direction.

Eoinbmw · 04-05-2017 4:54pm

zulutango wrote: »

There's a thick smell of smoke in the city centre now. No doubt this is fairly toxic. Better to get away from Limerick for a while, stay indoors or hope the wind changes direction.

My house is a few 100 meteres from it but thankfully for us the smoke is blowing away from us scary sight earlier!

source · 04-05-2017 5:36pm

I work in riverpoint and the smoke was going past the windows of the upper floors.

Picture is from the opposite side of the building.

Shannon757 · 04-05-2017 6:22pm

Just after passing it. Massive cloud still.

iguana · 04-05-2017 7:55pm

I've spent most of the day in a house about 200m from it. Tbh, we were nearly all wearing masks leaving the house and even indoors through the worst of it. I'm back home now and still near the fire but in the opposite direction of the smoke. My throat already feels less raw after a short time upwind of it. No doubt it's absolutely toxic.

jsd1004 · 04-05-2017 8:13pm

One uncontrolled fire like this will probably pump as much toxins into the environment as 20 years of very controlled high temp burns of tyres in the cement factory. Not agreeing with either..

SickBoy · 04-05-2017 8:30pm

jsd1004 wrote: »

One uncontrolled fire like this will probably pump as much toxins into the environment as 20 years of very controlled high temp burns of tyres in the cement factory. Not agreeing with either..

So in other words, if the very controlled high temp burns of tyres in the cement factory never take place, an incident similar to this every 20 years would equate to the same level of potential toxins entering the environment.
Given that choice I think I'd rather the cement factory...

jsd1004 · 04-05-2017 8:40pm

SickBoy wrote: »

So in other words, if the very controlled high ternp burns of tyres in the cement factory never take place, an incident similar to this every 20 years would equate to the same level of potential toxins entering the environment.
Given that choice I think I'd rather the cement factory...

Yes but unfortunately this occurs every day with burnt out cars, households burning waste, gorse burning. Indutrial accidents with huge fires occur way too frequently. We had the storage unit fire in dublin last year. We need to tackle this first. We need massive penalties if there is negligence in these incidences. A controlled burn or incineration is nothing compared to these fires.