Local Businesses count the cost following blaze in West Cork
A local business owner in Gougane Barra says business owners are left counting cost after a blaze ripped through acres of land and forest in the area
Units from Macroom, Bantry, Skibbereen and Dunmanway responded to the fire which started on Saturday and spread throughout the valley.
Fire crews were stood down shortly before 11 o'clock this morning however it's not yet known how the blaze started but it's understood the recent spell of dry weather played a part.
Speaking to RedFM News Neil Lucey of the Gougane Barra Hotel says local farmers have lost a lot:
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