Babies set for full recovery after fireball accident in Cork

Three children, including five-month-old twins, are in a stable condition and expected to make a full recovery after suffering burns in a petrol can fireball accident in West Cork.
Babies set for full recovery after fireball accident in Cork

Gardaí confirmed that following a forensic examination of the family home just outside Drinagh yesterday, they are treating the fire as accidental.

It is understood that as the children’s father had been using a chainsaw in the garden at around 6.30pm on Wednesday, a petrol can was carried into the front room of the house, where a fire was lighting.

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