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Title: Watch and listen: 'sheep dead' in west Cork wildfire
Cork county firefighters have battled gorse fires caused by the dry conditions, with one blaze reported to have killed a number of sheep in the Gougane Barra area.
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Watch and listen: 'sheep dead' in west Cork wildfire
Cork county firefighters have battled gorse fires caused by the dry conditions, with one blaze reported to have killed a number of sheep in the Gougane Barra area.
Fire spreads to the hills in this picture posted to social media by the Gougane Barra Hotel on Sunday night.
Multiple wildfires were slowly brought under control on Monday evening in west Cork. The largest of the weekend’s wildfires started on Saturday night and spread to farmland in the Gougane Barra area of the River Lee valley on Sunday. “Thousands of acres of farmland have burned, there are sheep dead,” Gougane Barra Hotel manager Neil Lucey told the Irish Farmers Journal. Listen to his interview in our podcast below:Listen to "Co Cork wildfire eyewitness Neil Lucey" on Spreaker.
Multiple wildfires were slowly brought under control on Monday evening in west Cork. The largest of the weekend’s wildfires started on Saturday night and spread to farmland in the Gougane Barra area of the River Lee valley on Sunday. “Thousands of acres of farmland have burned, there are sheep dead,” Gougane Barra Hotel manager Neil Lucey told the Irish Farmers Journal. Listen to his interview in our podcast below:
He added that eight fire brigade tenders were at the site on Sunday night and remained in the area on Monday as the blaze continued to burn. “They did an incredible job,” Lucey said, citing the protection of a farmhouse threatened by the flames on Sunday on the shore of Gougane Barra lake.
“The fire started in a neigbhour’s farmland, but it wasn’t our neighbour who started it,” Lucey said, adding that the cause of the incident was so far unclear.
Other eyewitnesses have posted dramatic pictures of the blaze.
Major fire burning over Gouganebarra tonight. Confined to hill, but locals worried a change in wind could drive it towards the forest pic.twitter.com/bWNxeqGXXM
The Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture has issued a status orange fire warning, with weather conditions expected to cause the highest level of risk this Monday. Forest owners are urged to remain vigilant and have fire-fighting tools ready in case of an emergency.
The warning applies to all areas where hazardous fuels such as dead grasses, heather and gorse exist and remains in place until at least Monday 7 April.
Senator Kyne spoke in the Seanad about the aftermath of storm Bert in 2024 which saw one farmer lose at least 70 sheep which drowned in the floods and widespread damage to fencing.
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