Explosion at house in Blackrock, Dublin

TheAlmightyZeus

A house in Blackrock was completely destroyed by an explosion today.

There are no reports of serious injuries, but many cars received damage.

Dublin Fire Brigade says the front of the house at St Anne's Square, Temple Road, collapsed following the explosion.
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The cause is not known but a Bord Gáis team is on its way to the scene.

An eyewitness said five units of the fire brigade, three ambulances and the garda helicopter are all at the scene.

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Miracle if nobody is injured. It was one hell of a thud, everything shook.

thorbarry

hmmm, wonder if anyone was hurt

Relevant

I've heard from someone in Blackrock that 2 houses are destroyed. Hopefully everyone is ok.

JohnnyBbad

I work in the building next door- I think there's 3 houses destroyed. Just walked past it 5 minutes before, and I think that there was at least 1 taken away in ambulance. THere was a huge explosion at about 115pm, and a massive smoke cloud, followed by a large amount of ash falling at least 400 yards away.

mfield

Mate works in Blackrock and sent me a pic. Hope no-one is badly hurt.

Noopti

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0313/blackrock.html

CreepingDeath

This must be the property crash people kept telling me about.

cabrwab

Hope this works but here is a pic of the explosion.
If nobody was hurt "phew"

Nodin

CreepingDeath wrote: »

This must be the property crash people kept telling me about.

...the burst of the property bubble....

Apip99

http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0313/blackrock.html

beerbaron

Just heard on the news.

No one in the house at the time.
Mother and daughter live in the house.

The daughter was at work "cross the Roa-id"

The mother was "grand coz she wasnt in the house coz she fell down the stairs the smornin and split her head Open"

john-joe

gas explosion?

Cyrus

beerbaron wrote: »

Just heard on the news.

No one in the house at the time.
Mother and daughter live in the house.

The daughter was at work "cross the Roa-id"

The mother was "grand coz she wasnt in the house coz she fell down the stairs the smornin and split her head Open"

are there skangers in blackrock

Gary ITR

Jaysis

ScumLord

john-joe wrote: »

gas explosion?

It's not that funny.


They probably meant to blow up the building across the road in that photo.

john-joe

ScumLord wrote: »

It's not that funny.


They probably meant to blow up the building across the road in that photo.

sorry did not mean it to be funny,

hope everyone ok

jellie

according to rte news 4 people have been taken to hospital, 3 were in the house & 1 a passerby.

it was some explosion. i work down the road & our whole building shook pretty strongly. its scary..

beerbaron

Cyrus wrote: »

are there skangers in blackrock

There must be ! I was surprised by it too, St Anne's sq is old school though.

LadyE

sar84 wrote: »

according to rte news 4 people have been taken to hospital, 3 were in the house & 1 a passerby.

it was some explosion. i work down the road & our whole building shook pretty strongly. its scary..

Ours was too - surprised everyone wasnt evacuated tbh

Pyr0

The thing is though, these days you wouldn't think "Ah it's just a gas explosion". Most people would start thinking it's a possible terrorist attack or something.

jellie

LadyE wrote: »

Ours was too - surprised everyone wasnt evacuated tbh

sure there were still people walking along the street beside it up to about 15mins after happened & the gards arrived. even then they didnt even seem to be closing the street..

Pyr0 wrote: »

The thing is though, these days you wouldn't think "Ah it's just a gas explosion". Most people would start thinking it's a possible terrorist attack or something.

if someone was gonna attack somewhere, i think theyd pick somewhere more important than blackrock. thats my logic on it anyway. definitely thought gas before terrorist attack..

flyton5

Homer: Milton I need to talk to Bart alone.

Milhouse: My name is Milhouse.

Homer: Yeah well your dad is no house.

javaboy

Moved from After Hours.

TheAlmightyZeus

Ron DMC

cabrwab wrote: »

Hope this works but here is a pic of the explosion.
If nobody was hurt "phew"

Good angle. You in the office block behind News Cafe?

/edit: Threads merged.

Mick Shrimpton

Cyrus wrote: »

are there skangers in blackrock

Yes, but they're called "Skongers"

Ron DMC

Just went up and had a look. The guards have blocked off the road from the corner at sheehan's. Couldn't get a good view of the house from there but popped the head over the wall from the dual carriageway and the entire square was full of workmen milling about.

lostexpectation

mfield wrote: »

Mate works in Blackrock and sent me a pic. Hope no-one is badly hurt.

look it was the ufos that did i,t they're here! run for your lives

OK-Cancel-Apply

I was at home - I heard it. I thought it was the porch door being slammed really hard, until I realised it was WAY to powerful for it to have been that. Chopper was circling around for ages.. knew something was up.

Probably a gas explosion. Either that or there are some pretty retarded terrorists around.

OK-Cancel-Apply

Cyrus wrote: »

are there skangers in blackrock

In one or two areas, including the council houses on the street just around the corner from where the explosion happened.

villager

OK-Cancel-Apply wrote: »

In one or two areas, including the council houses on the street just around the corner from where the explosion happened.

oh very good council houses = skangers:(. get a life. get more hassle from the supposedly posh people from blackrock than the ordinary decent people from the few council houses in the are