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The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”, inquest hears

The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”, inquest hears

The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”, inquest hears

The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”…

The shocking scale of the situation at the Stardust nightclub was brought home to a garda on duty in Coolock Station on the night of the fire when he asked a colleague onsite how many ambulances were required and was told “whatever you can get”, an inquest has heard.

The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”…

The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”…

The enormity of Stardust fire brought home to garda who asked how many ambulances were needed and was told “whatever you can get”…

“This was something that we had never experienced previously,” the former garda from Coolock station said.

Former Garda inspector on duty on the night of the disaster tells Dublin coroner’s court about steps taken to preserve scene and implementation of capital’s major accident plan