A disaster for people on the way to work.
The Dublin Port Tunnel is closed this morning after a car caught fire while it was driving through the tunnel.
The Gardaí gave this update a short time ago.
Dublin: The Dublin Port Tunnel remains closed in both directions. Emergency Services are at scene. The fire has been extinguished.
— An Garda Síochána (@GardaTraffic) September 18, 2015
The tunnel is closed in both directions during rush hour traffic so that means a lot of people are currently sitting in their cars and not going anywhere fast.
These people have revealed the extent of the backlog.
Glad iam on the bicycle today @aaroadwatch @radionova100 #mg pic.twitter.com/UsXJorCcEq
— Colmsherlock🇮🇪 (@colisherlock) September 18, 2015
Traffic is hiiiiiideous. Goes to show how essential the Port Tunnel is to the city.
— sc (@stephen_coyne) September 18, 2015
Port tunnel is closed again for ANOTHER fire. Good luck getting anywhere down the Malahide Road or Drumcondra Road. Standstills.
— Evin H (@evinh111) September 18, 2015
https://twitter.com/AidanFar/status/644771077219090432
The port tunnel is closed now I'm stuck on the motorway.. Was it really worth getting up for this..
— Sho (@asap_sho) September 18, 2015
Total gridlock hell at the port tunnel.. pic.twitter.com/xvdCfTwXdB
— Gareth Penrose (@garethpenrose) September 18, 2015
@aaroadwatch M50 Southbound from M1 still sloooww pic.twitter.com/zw4VWVXGNN
— Andy May (@andymay77) September 17, 2015
Dani Harris on Facebook: “On the 41x and been here for an hour now!”
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