DUBLIN BOUND TRAIN CATCHES FIRE NEAR ATHENRY

Date Published: 02-Sep-2011

A train was forced to make an emergency stop near Athenry after a fire broke out on one of its undercarriages.

The five-past-three Galway to Dublin caught fire shortly after leaving Ceannt Station.

Passengers were forced to evacuate while emergency services put the fire out.

The cause of the fire isn't yet known but all 260 passengers escaped unhurt.