Fire services are battling a massive gorse fire in Donegal, with fears that the blaze could spread to nearby homes.
The fire, which is located between Loughanure and Annagry in west Donegal, started in the early hours of Monday morning.Firemen are also digging trenches and dousing down the exterior of houses in a bid to divert the flames from dwellings. Dozens of locals are also supporting the fire services as entire communities battle to put out the fires.He said: "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."Fire services have spent much of the Easter bank holiday weekend battling gorse fires in Dublin and Wicklow.Our Irish Mirror Sports Page - which brings you all your Irish and UK sports news - can be found here.The Irish Mirror Twitter account is @IrishMirror while our sports page is @MirrorSportIE.
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