Five units of the Donegal Fire Service are currently tackling the blaze.
Firemen are also digging trenches and dousing down the exterior of houses in a bid to divert the flames from dwellings.“It is very intense. As soon as the fire service get it under control the wind whips up the flames again. The community response has been amazing but we are still in the middle of trying to bring this under control,” he said.Meanwhile fire crews worked into the early hours of Monday morning to bring a large mountain fire under control in east Clare..
Further outbreaks occurred in the same area again on Sunday resulting in fire crews being mobilised for a second time to deal with them. It is understood fires at Flagmount may have been started deliberately and that two cars carrying several youths were seen in the area around the time of the fires. Gardaí are investigating the incident and are believed to have a description of the vehicles.
After dealing with the fires at Flagmount for a second day, fire crews were alerted on Sunday night to a large fire on a mountain at Woodfield in east Clare, a short distance from
Extremely upsetting - these wildfires are on the increase because of climate change and also because of the carte blanche given re upland burning in the Heritage Bill.