‘Miracle nobody was killed’ as boiler explodes

A SENIOR fireman said it was a miracle people weren’t killed when a steam boiler exploded in the basement of a building in Cork city yesterday.

Three people were taken to hospital when the boiler in the basement of the three-storey building at 1.55pm. The building is used by University College Cork for its Department of Nursing.

Two men were taken to the South Infirmary with minor injuries while a third man, who was more seriously injured, was rushed to Cork University Hospital where his condition was described last night by a spokesman as being “comfortable.”