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Up To 3,000 Hectares Damaged In Fires At Killarney National Park
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Up to half of the landmass at Killarney National Park has been damaged by the fires of recent days.
The blaze is now extinguished but Kerry Fire Service will closely monitor the area into the evening.
Fire services and the Irish air corp had been working to bring the fire under control since Friday.
Our #301sqn crews are prepping to launch on day 3 fighting the #KillarneyNationalPark fire. Almost 90,000ltrs of water has been dropped on #PurpleHill and surrounding areas of #gorse in the last 2 days. pic.twitter.com/1RsWt3ueps
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