{"id":14365,"date":"2025-08-21T17:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/14365\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T17:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T17:48:12","slug":"clare-building-evacuated-following-hazardous-materials-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/14365\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare building evacuated following hazardous materials incident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A fire truck. Stock image.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/07df7cb0-48a4-4683-9498-2ed17ac204cb.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">A fire truck. Stock image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Staff at a logistics company depot in County Clare had to be evacuated on Thursday morning following a hazardous materials incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Clare County Fire and Rescue Service assisted by the garda\u00ed responded to the incident which occurred this morning, Thursday August 21, at about 6am at a logistics company depot located in the Smithstown Industrial Estate, in Shannon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The incident involved a spillage of a small quantity of nitric acid. Fire service units from Shannon and Ennis stations were mobilised and attended the scene promptly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Using specialist equipment and wearing appropriate protective gear, fire crews successfully contained and managed the spillage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The building was evacuated as a precaution. However, the incident was confined to a small area within the premises, and there was no risk to the wider public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire truck. Stock image. 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