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Car Horn/Alarm & Explosions

  • 06-09-2011 7:52am
    #1
    showgirlrita
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭


    Anyone else hear the continous car horn/alarm & what sounded like explosions around 1.20am this morn in the coolraine/cratloe road/caherdavin area?? What sounded like a car horn went off for about 15 minutes & i think there were about 3 loud bangs.


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  • #2
    Gneez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 522 ✭✭✭Gneez


    Probably just gunshots and grenades, nothing to worry about.


  • #3
    Straight Talker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Straight Talker


    That would be a burning car.The horn blows continuously when a car burns and the bangs would be the fuel tank exploding.

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  • #4
    Liam Byrne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,163 ✭✭✭✭Liam Byrne


    A loud enough bang - even thunder - could kick off a car alarm.


  • #5
    showgirlrita
    Registered Users Posts: 143 ✭✭showgirlrita


    Gneez wrote: »
    Probably just gunshots and grenades, nothing to worry about.


    Right you are Straight Talker, found out earlier a car was on fire. Reckon the the wind that was blowing last night didnt help the putting out of that!


  • #6
    Berty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,152 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    Straight Talker wrote: »
    That would be a burning car.The horn blows continuously when a car burns and the bangs would be the fuel tank exploding.

    I'm afraid this is correct except for the fuel tank part. They don't explode. My time living in Carew Park this would be a regular occurence I guess.

    The horn is generally the first to burn out, then the few blows would be the tires/windows and the car burns the fuel out through the fuel cap cover whilst the interior burns.


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