{"id":502591,"date":"2026-06-16T14:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502591\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:07:08","slug":"warning-over-accelerants-after-child-and-five-others-injured-in-killarney-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/502591\/","title":{"rendered":"Warning over accelerants after child and five others injured in Killarney fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A warning has been issued against the use of accelerants in outdoor fires after a number of people, including a five-year-old child, suffered serious burn injuries during a social gathering in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/kerry-news_topic-5331488.html\">Killarney, Co Kerry<\/a> on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p>Families had gathered around what has been described as a fire pit in the grounds of the Loreto Chapel estate on Loreto Road, Killarney, when an accelerant was used to keep the fire burning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The incident is understood to be a tragic accident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The fire flared suddenly, and the child, who was sitting close to the pit on a lounger, suffered serious burns. His mother was also seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Four other people were taken by ambulance to hospitals in Cork and Kerry. A number of others also received minor injuries to their hands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The child remains in hospital in Crumlin, Dublin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Attempts were made to limit the burn injuries as family members and neighbours rushed to assist those who had been injured. Emergency services arrived at the scene shortly afterwards.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Mayor of Killarney, councillor Martin Grady, who works as a fire officer, was among those who attended the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He said firefighters were shocked by the severity of the injuries and urged people not to use accelerants when lighting outdoor fires.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cAlways have an extinguisher close by,\u201d Mr Grady urged.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThis heartbreaking event serves as a stark reminder of the devastating and unpredictable danger that fire can pose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOur thoughts are with those who were injured and their families, and everyone affected by the traumatic incident. I wish all of those involved a full and speedy recovery and I hope they receive every support they need in the days and weeks ahead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In a statement, garda\u00ed said emergency services, including four ambulances, attended the scene of a fire at a domestic residence in Killarney, Co Kerry, on Saturday, June 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A technical examination of the scene has been conducted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A warning has been issued against the use of accelerants in outdoor fires after a number of people,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":502592,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[187201,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-502591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-kerry-news","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/502592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}