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18/02/2019
'Hazardous Substance' Incident In County Clare Ongoing
Emergency services are currently dealing with a suspected chemical incident at a leisure centre in County Clare.
The alarm was raised at around 6.30am this morning, 18 February, when an automatic fire alarm went off at the River Lodge Health and Fitness Centre on the Gort Road in Ennis.
As fire crews responded, it emerged they could be dealing with a possible chemical incident.
Additional resources were mobilised to the scene, along with ambulance paramedics and gardaí.
The alert is ongoing.
A full investigation is expected to take place after the area is secured.
While the leisure centre is closely located to a hotel, supermarket and residential properties, nobody has been evacuated.
(JG/CM)
The alarm was raised at around 6.30am this morning, 18 February, when an automatic fire alarm went off at the River Lodge Health and Fitness Centre on the Gort Road in Ennis.
As fire crews responded, it emerged they could be dealing with a possible chemical incident.
Additional resources were mobilised to the scene, along with ambulance paramedics and gardaí.
The alert is ongoing.
A full investigation is expected to take place after the area is secured.
While the leisure centre is closely located to a hotel, supermarket and residential properties, nobody has been evacuated.
(JG/CM)
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