A category red fire warning is in place until tomorrow
It's been issued by the Department of Agriculture following large wildfires in Killarney National Park and on the Mourne Mountains in Co Down
Coillte is sending its firefighting helicopter to bogland at Pontoon in Co Mayo today to try and quench another large blaze.
Mick Power from the state body says only quick action has stopped three other fires getting out of hand.
"But there was one down in Mount Eagle in North Kerry, down near Brosna. That was the main one, there was a small one on the Wicklow side, and there was a small one on the Blackstairs, they were got at very quickly, brought under control. And that's what we like to see. And again, I would appeal to people, to take care of what they're doing, we want people to be able to enjoy the forest, especially in this good weather. We don't want to get anybody hurt."
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