Seventeen treated after acid spillage

SEVENTEEN people were treated in hospital yesterday after nitric acid spilled onto the roadway at a busy roundabout in west Dublin.

The highly caustic substance escaped from barrels that fell off a canvas-covered lorry on the Church Road roundabout outside Mulhuddart just after 9am, causing restricted access to the village.

Nearby residents were urged to stay indoors and to close all windows for three hours while emergency services dealt with the spill.