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toxic inferno

Cars that were seized by gardaí destroyed in Louth warehouse blaze

Householders and motorists in the area were told to keep their windows shut for a time due to fumes.

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Updated at midday

A NUMBER OF cars that were seized by gardaí were destroyed in a fire at a warehouse in Haggardstown, Co Louth last night.

The facility where the blaze broke out is owned by a local towing company which has a contract to store cars seized by local officers.

Emergency services were alerted to the fire at around 7.20pm last night and gardaí and fire units responded.

No-one was injured in the blaze, but it burned out of control for several hours.

A Garda spokesperson said that householders and motorists in the area were told to keep their windows shut for a time, due to potentially toxic fumes.

Chief Fire Officer in Louth Eamon Woulfe, who spoke to reporters at the scene, said there were regular explosions in the early stages of the fire.

There were up to 90 vehicles in the warehouse at the time, he said – and all were destroyed.

“There’s literally nothing left,” he said.

Roads in the area were closed last night, but have now reopened.

The cause of the fire is being investigated.

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