Madam, - The explosions and blaze at Hemel Hempstead make one wonder if Dublin's emergency services could cope if the fuel storage depots on Alexandra Road caught fire.
Rapidly developing apartment blocks, the Financial Services Centre, O'Connell Street and its environs are all within a few kilometres of Alexandra Road - much closer than is the population of Hemel Hempstead to the burning depot there. - Yours, etc,
REG MAC MAHON, Killiney, Co Dublin.