Gas blast: Father and three children critical

A FATHER and his young daughter were fighting for their lives last night after a gas explosion ripped through their south Dublin home.

Gas blast: Father and three children critical
Mon, 03 Nov, 2003 - 00:00
Sean McCarthaigh

The condition of two other children also seriously injured in the blast had stabilised.

Declan Corrigan of Glendoher Close, Rathfarnham, his son Adam and daughters Saoirse and Lara suffered serious fractures and burns in the accident, which occurred at around 10.45am yesterday. The injured children are aged eight, six and three.

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