‘Your heart would be broken’ – Waterford businesses owners devastated by Tycor inferno

A theatrical costume supplier, martial arts club, crash repair shops, and musicians are some of the 40 to 50 businesses which saw lifetimes of effort and decades of hard work go up in flames on Saturday, as a huge fire ripped through the old Jute factory in the Tycor area of Waterford city, the flames and smoke seen for miles around.