Major blaze on Mourne Mountains 'probably deliberate'
Firefighters tackle a large gorse fire in the Slieve Donard. Picture by Conor Kinahan/Pacemaker Press..
26 April, 2021 08:34
Photo taken with permission from the Twitter feed of @PatrickCorrigan showing a huge gorse fire spreading across the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. The fire in the Slieve Donard area has been ongoing since the early hours of Friday morning, with up to 60 firefighters and 12 appliances battling the blaze. Issue date: Saturday April 24, 2021.
A MASSIVE firefighting operation to tackle a major blaze on the Mourne Mountains was scaled back yesterday after a three day battle to bring it under control.