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

A wildfire in the Mourne Mountains has been declared a major incident as firefighters continue to tackle the blaze that began on Saturday evening. Eight fire engines are present and 68 firefighters ...

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 ...

A huge gorse fire in County Down which led to the evacuation of homes in the vicinity of the Mourne Mountains is believed to ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

A 25-year-old man was arrested yesterday by ­police investigating a large gorse fire in Co Down, which led to homes being evacuated over the weekend.

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 ...