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.
Firefighters tackle the Mourne Mountains blaze. Picture by Pacemaker Leading Article 26 April, 2021 01:00
After three days of massive effort by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service and other agencies the huge gorse fires on the Mourne Mountains appeared to be under control last night.
A statement from the NIFRS said it was de-escalating the severity of the blaze from midday Sunday, attending to hot spots that might break out and hopefully reporting the emergency as over last night. But a spokesman described the situation at its height as “undoubtedly one of the most challenging gorse fires firefighters have ever had to deal with”.
On the third day of battling the flames, the major incident status was de-escalated at about lunchtime today.
Firefighters moved to working on extinguishing hotspots.
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