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Aakanksha Surve & Ian Mangan

Gardai seal off area after car ploughs into house in quiet Dublin neighbourhood

Residents of a quiet Dublin neighbourhood woke up to chaos after a car rammed into a house in an early-morning crash.

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the collision on Leo Street in Phibsborough in North Dublin on Wednesday morning.

Two fire engines and an ambulance attended the scene but thankfully nobody was hurt, Dublin Live reports.

Pictures show and footage the extensive damage caused after the car smashed into the front of the property causing the wall to crumble.

The scene of an accident were a car lost control and reversed into a house on Leo Street in Dublin (Mick O'Neill / Monpics Photography)

A garda spokesman said: "Gardaí attended the scene of a road traffic collision on the 7th July 2021 at 8.30am where a car struck a house in Phibsborough, Co. Dublin.

"No injuries have been reported at this time."

A spokesperson for Dublin Fire Brigade said on Twitter: "Firefighter/Advanced Paramedics from Phibsborough fire station were called to a road traffic collision this morning.

The car smashed through the house destroying a wall in the process (Dublin Fire Brigade)

"Two fire engines including an emergency tender and one ambulance attended the incident. The property was stabilised and the scene made safe."

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