North West Fire Departments on heightened alerts as temperatures soar
With temperatures continuing to soar across the region warnings have been issued by the Sligo Fire department in relation to the danger of gorse fires. Met Eireann are forecasting that temperatures are going to soar for the remainder of the week and have issued a national high weather warning,…
Lifeguards called to assist stranded swimmers in Enniscrone
A Status Yellow High Temperature warning is in place across the North West and the entire country today, with temperatures expected to hit 32 degrees in some parts. Local Authorities are on standby to react to the temperatures with warnings being issued of boiling tar leading to the possibility…
Fire services being stretched to deal with forest fires
The acting chief fire officer in Sligo has issued warnings to the general public in relation to the dangers of gorse fires. She claims resources that could be used to deal withe serious road traffic accidents are being used to fight gorse fires across the the county. Sligo Fire…
Sligo council hears of cost and extent of recent gorse fires
Sligo Fire Service says the recent gorse fires which destroyed over 4000 hectares of land in the county cost at least €150,000 to tackle. However, it’s still not clear how exactly the fires started, according to Gerry O’Malley, acting Chief Fire Officer in Sligo who gave a briefing to Sligo…
Gorse fires in Donegal
Fire services from Donegal Town, Stranorlar and Ballyshannon attended gorse fires which broke out at the townland of Tawnawilly, close to Lough Eske last night at around 10pm. It took the team approximately four hours to neutralise the blaze. Fire services in County Donegal responded to a total of 19…