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07 Sept 2025

BREAKING: Tipperary driver had a lucky escape before fire engulfed his vehicle

Fire service attend to a fire in the Glen of Aherlow

Tipperary driver had a lucky escape  before fire engulfed his vehicle

Members of the Tipperary fire service attending to a fire in the Glen of Aherlow on Thursday evening

Members of the Tipperary fire service attended a fire in the Glen of Aherlow on Thursday evening.

Locals were alarmed and left their nearby houses when they heard a loud noise and they saw that a fire had engulfed a jeep which was parked in a car park beside the Glen Hotel.

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"There was a loud bang like an explosion and people left their houses to see what what happening ands the fire brigade arrive some time later," said a local resident.

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It is understood that the driver of the jeep had just parked his car and had managed to get out of the vehicle before the fire started.

Nobody was injured in the incident. 

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