Abstract
ON night of October 5, 1936, a fire occurred in Pearse Street, Dublin, in a shop which housed two full cylinders of compressed gas, one containing 150 cu. ft. of other 100 cu. ft. of coal gas. In each case internal pressure was 120 atm. During fire explosions took place, and a large portion of building collapsed. It was found afterwards that three firemen had lost their lives. A Tribunal of Inquiry, appointed by Minister for Local Government and Public Health of Saorstat Eireann, has recently issued its report (Stationery Office, Dublin). The Tribunal is satisfied that explosions must be attributed to two full cylinders of coal gas and oxygen, and includes among results of explosions the trapping of three firemen who were then within building thereby causing their deaths.
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