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Omagh bomb firefighter describes carnage to inquiry

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Paddy Quinn describes 'chaos and devastation' after bomb in Omagh .

He was on the first fire engine to go to Market Street and arrived at a scene of "total chaos, devastation, carnage" Paramedic Richard Quigley recalls the size of the gym and the number of body bags on the floor was something that should only have been seen in a movie.

No-one has been convicted of carrying out the murders by a criminal court.

In 2009 , a judge ruled that four men were all liable for the Omagh bomb.

A fifth man, Seamus McKenna , was acquitted in the civil action and later died in a roofing accident.

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74

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70

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73

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informal

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English

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37

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short-lived

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