Donegal County Council urge people to be careful to prevent wildfires in the county over the next few days
Donegal County Council is appealing to landowners and members of the public to exercise caution over the next few days in order to prevent wildfires in the county. The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a notice of high fire risk for all areas. As temperatures remain…
Call for natural disasters procedures following Donegal gorse fire
There is calls for the Taoiseach and Minister with Responsibility for Defence to outline the procedures in place in the event of future natural disasters following a gorse fire in Donegal. Last month firefighters and locals fought a huge wildfire which scorched hundreds of acres of land in the west…
R287 reopens after Killery Mountain gorse fire
The R287 Dromahair road from Sligo has been reopened following the major gorse fire on Killery mountain, near Ballintogher and Dromahair on the Sligo/Leitrim border. Sligo County Council says this morning that while isolated pockets of fire remain, Sligo Fire Service has made major progress in controlling the forestry, gorse…
Killery gorse fire under control
Fire services from all four Sligo stations continue to battle mountain gorse fires which broke out at Killery and Crossboy near Ballintogher and Dromahair yesterday afternoon. Approximately 42 personnel are on continuous rotation dealing with the blaze which is affecting about 4,000 acres of land on the mountain, although not…
Fire crews still at scene of mountain gorse fire on Sligo/Leitrim border
Fire crews have been battling a major mountainside gorse fire overnight at Killery and Crossboy, near Ballintogher and Dromahair on the Sligo/Leitrim border.. Fire units from Sligo and Leitrim were dispatched to the scene. No injuries have been reported. Fire crews managed to protect two houses. However, there was concern…
Major gorse fire on Killery mountain, on Sligo/Leitrim border
Fire services from both Leitrim and Sligo are at the scene of an extensive gorse fire which broke out on the mountainside at Killery and Crossboy, close to Ballintogher and Dromahair. No injuries have been reported. Plumes of smoke are visible for miles around as the blaze — becoming more…