Couple escape domestic explosion

A COUPLE miraculously escaped without injury when an explosion demolished the garage of their two-storey home on the outskirts of Limerick City yesterday morning.

The couple, Sandy and Sheila Bird of Fairyfield, Parteen, Co Clare, were awakened from their sleep by the loud explosion. “We’re lucky to be alive,” said Mr Bird.

“I thought a plane hit the house and the alarms went off in the cars. We did not know what the hell happened,” he added.