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27/09/2007
Tributes Paid To Bray Firemen
Books of condolence will open today in Bray and Wicklow Town for the two firemen killed yesterday.
Brian Murray (46), a father of 13, and Mark O'Shaughnessy (26) died while tackling a blaze at a disused factory on the Lower Dargle Road in Bray, Co Wicklow.
It is understood that both men became trapped when the roof of the factory collapsed. A third firefighter was also injured in the fire.
Three separate investigations into the incident have been launched by the Garda Síochána, the Health and Safety Authority and Wicklow County Council.
Mr Murray and Mr O'Shaughnessy are the first firefighters to be killed in the Republic since 1936.
(LC/SP)
Brian Murray (46), a father of 13, and Mark O'Shaughnessy (26) died while tackling a blaze at a disused factory on the Lower Dargle Road in Bray, Co Wicklow.
It is understood that both men became trapped when the roof of the factory collapsed. A third firefighter was also injured in the fire.
Three separate investigations into the incident have been launched by the Garda Síochána, the Health and Safety Authority and Wicklow County Council.
Mr Murray and Mr O'Shaughnessy are the first firefighters to be killed in the Republic since 1936.
(LC/SP)
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