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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.

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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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    Mute Matthew Donoghue
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    Sep 15th 2012, 12:27 PM

    The swedish are right why should we have a fed like bank in the EU?

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    Sep 15th 2012, 12:36 PM

    They are certainly right from their point of view their not even in the euro, its regulation we need rather than rescue. Noone knows this better than the Swedes having had their own banking crash in the 90′s

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    Mute Robin Hilliard
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    Sep 15th 2012, 12:46 PM

    Because proper banking supervision may well have helped prevent some of the property bubble and most if not all of the banking crash.

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    Mute Matthew Donoghue
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    Sep 15th 2012, 2:27 PM

    you should read the article again its not about regulation its about having an organization that contols how are taxes are spent but isnt under control of any goverment.

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    Mute Declan Noonan
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    Sep 15th 2012, 12:42 PM

    I have to agree with the swedes. They have a great country- why should they allow themselves to be dragged down by other countries.

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    Mute Gagsy 99
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    Sep 15th 2012, 1:44 PM

    And Abba.

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    Sep 15th 2012, 2:52 PM

    Good man, Anders. Just tell them “resistance is futile.”

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    Sep 15th 2012, 9:18 PM

    Yeh right when they get EU money then is everything ok. But when they have to pay they against it.

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    Mute Anthony O Donnell
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    Sep 16th 2012, 5:07 PM

    Everyone wants a European
    Union which favours their national self interest , that’s why it doesn’t work , scrap it and let’s get real.

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