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Wed 01 Jan 2007Businessman in 'serious' condition after Longford fireA Co Longford businessman was in a serious but stable condition in hospital yesterday after being badly burned in an attempt to save his business from being destroyed in a fire.Anthony Mulleady (55) went to his waste recycling plant just outside Longford town when the alarm was raised after smoke was seen billowing from a shed containing paper, cardboard and plastic shortly before midnight on Tuesday.