Fire crews attending scene of incident in Bishop’s Quarter, north Clare and gardaí in Kerry urge people to avoid parts of Tralee after significant localised flooding
A video shot by Mr Fitzgibbon was taken outside the Austin Stacks GAA pitch in Tralee. He says a lot of water came down Rock Street. The Garveys SuperValu in the town was flooded for a time and the owners of the Madden coffee shop in the town had to bail it out.
It’s known that there was a severe thunderstorm in the north Clare area around the time of the incident. Fork lighting was reported over a wide area with heavy downpours of rain also. On arrival at the location, emergency services found the roof of the dormer bungalow well alight and quickly set about tackling the blaze. Two teams of firefighters wearing breathing apparatus were also committed to the building but had to retreat because of the serious of the fire.
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