Thursday 24 October, 2019
Two firefighters and a Spanish tourist were also killed in the explosion yesterday.
Around 200 firefighters were mobilised to battle a fire at the bakery before the explosion happened.
Traffic diversions are in place.
The incident occurred this evening at Connolly Place.
Almost 1,500 people were taken to safety.
A gas explosion led to the collapse of the school building.
Gas Networks Ireland are due to examine the scene.
The incident happened at the company’s Northampton brewery yesterday afternoon.
Four emergency reception areas were set up to help residents.
500 guests have been evacuated.
It’s very dangerous warns Bord Gáis Networks.
The busy store has been forced to close this afternoon.
The move would add almost nine euro per month to the average household winter gas bill.
Authorities blamed a gas leak which was very smelly, but entirely harmless.
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TWO RESTAURANTS have been ordered to close following inspections by health officials examining gas appliances – near the location where two teenagers died of carbon monoxide poisoning, RTÉ reports.
The Ice House restaurant in Portstewart, Co Derry, and a chip shop Rasharkin, Co Antrim, were forced to close shop by inspectors. It has been reported that the proprietors contacted the HSENI themselves.
Up to 500 people have contacted the helpline following the deaths of the teenagers, which were caused by a gas leak in the holiday apartment they had been staying in to celebrate finishing finishing secondary school.
Stormont ministers will meet tomorrow in order to discuss the possibility of introducing compulsory carbon monoxide detectors in new buildings in Northern Ireland.
The HSENI in partnership with gas supply companies have been trying to make a number of premises safe in the Castlerock and Coleraine areas, as part of the ongoing emergency response.
The HSENI Emergency Helpline number – 0800 0320 121 – will continue to operate between 8am and midnight until at least Friday.
IN THE DÁIL yesterday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar formally apologised to the women and the families affected by the failures in the CervicalCheck screening programme.
He acknowledged that the apology was too late for some who were affected. “For others it will never be enough,” he said. “Today’s apology is offered to all the people the State let down. And to the families who paid the price for those failings.”
Various leaders have issued formal apologies over the years. In 2013, Taoiseach Enda Kenny offered a state apology to the Magdalene women, while in 1999 Bertie Ahern apologised to the victims of child abuse in state institutions.
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