This article is from page 1 of the 2014-09-02 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 1 JPG
A GROUP of Clare festival-goers had a lucky escape at the weekend when their tent was almost set ablaze.
The incident occurred at the Electric Picnic music festival in Stradbally in Laois in the early hours of Saturday morning.
The four friends, who are all from Ennis, were staying right beside the tent that burst into flames at around 5am in the Pink Moon campsite.
They were rushed from the tent by other festival goers as the flames threatened to set it alight.
A couple asleep in the tent were hospitalised after suffering serious burn injuries as a result of the blaze.
None of the four Clare people – Ross Finn, Grainne Fitzpatrick, Laura Conlon and Alan Costin were injured. It is understood the fire was started by a candle, which was knocked over inside the tent. Some aerosol cans in the tent exploded causing some panic in the immediate vicinity. Gardaí were not treating the fire as suspicious.