Three hospitalised after festival chip van fire

Local eye-witnesses are reported to have heard an explosion-type noise just before the chip van went ablaze. The Health and Safety Authority has been notified of the incident. Picture Denis Minihane

Three people have been hospitalised after a fire broke out at a chip van at a festival in Co Donegal overnight.

The incident happened at the annual Rory Gallagher Festival in the south Donegal town of Ballyshannon.