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Dublin Mountains
Family stage escape as car engulfed in flames in Dublin Mountains heather fire
A TV3 cameraman came to their aid as they emerged from thick smoke.
A FAMILY’S CAR caught fire after it went off-road in the Dublin Mountains and got caught in a heather fire yesterday.
A TV3 cameraman came to the rescue of the family who got into difficulty. In a video shared by the broadcaster (click here to see it), the cameraman is seen putting his equipment down and being handed a child. He then puts the child in a silver car close to the camera.
Dublin Fire Brigade shared a picture of the burned-out car after the fire was put out:
“Unfortunately a car was destroyed in today’s gorse fire [in the] Dublin Mountains after a change in wind direction ruined visibility on the road,” it said on Twitter.
Gorse fires are widespread at this time of year, due to dry vegetation and things like cigarette butts being thrown aside by walkers.
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