Children forced to flee from back of burning home
SEVEN children had to be evacuated from a house in Galway city at the weekend after two cars were set on fire in the early hours of the morning – one of them close to the front door of the house.
The incident is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat retaliations in a long-standing feud between two families going back over a number of years – Gardaí have expressed major concerns about the recklessness and dangers of the car burnings.
Two units of Galway Fire Brigade along with Gardaí were at the scene of the latest arson attack on two cars parked in the Carn Ard area of Rahoon in Galway city – one of them parked at the roadside and the other on the front driveway of a house.
The emergency services were alerted at around 6am on Sunday morning last after the cars were set alight – there were concerns for the safety of the family inside when the car on the driveway rolled forward towards the front door of the house.
Both vehicles were destroyed in the incident while the front door of the house was smoke damaged. Family members, who were inside at the time – including seven children – made their exit via the back door and back garden of their residence.
This is the fourth car burning incident over the past fortnight – all are understood to be all related to the ongoing feud between two families which also involves people from other parts of the county.
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