Firefighters have been battling wildfires in the Mourne Mountains for days as the dry and warm weather continues.

A 25-year-old man has been arrested by police investigating the large gorse fire, which the emergency services said had been started deliberately. | UTV News ...

Firefighters have put out a gorse fire near Spelga Dam in the Mourne Mountains. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue service (NIFRS) received a report of the blaze at 18:39 BST on Monday. About four ...

Firefighters are tackling a large blaze in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said it was tackling the fire along a two mile front outside the village of ...

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said it believes the large fire near the Mourne Mountains had been started deliberately. The significant wildfire in Hilltown was declared a ...

Some 75 firefighters have been tackling a major wildfire in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. The blaze, in the Bloody Bridge ...

Firefighters have extinguished a large gorse fire on Slieve Binnian in the Mourne Mountains. Forty-four firefighters, six fire appliances and a command support unit tackled the blaze, which was ...

Undated handout photo issued by Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) of firefighters have been tackling a significant wildfire in the Mourne Mountains in Co Down. It comes after a ...

Butterflies, birds, insects and lizards are among the many species negatively affected by a spate of recent wildfires on the ...

As smoke could be seen coming from the mountains which tower over Newcastle, one keen Mourne walker described the scene as "devastating". A major incident was declared at the weekend when a large ...

Firefighters have put out a gorse fire near Spelga Dam in the Mourne Mountains. The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue service (NIFRS) received a report of the blaze at 18:39 BST on Monday.

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