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09 Sept 2025

Teams of firefighters tackle blaze in Mourne Mountains

Teams of firefighters tackle blaze in Mourne Mountains

Dozens of firefighters are tackling a blaze on one of the Mourne Mountains in Co Down.

The Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service first received a call after 7pm on Wednesday about a wildfire on Slieve Binnian, Kilkeel.

Personnel have been responding to the fire since then.

Six fire appliances and 62 firefighters are in attendance from Kilkeel, Downpatrick, Newcastle, Rathfriland and Newry, supported by a command support unit.

Locals are being asked to avoid the area to help support firefighting operations.

It comes days after firefighters tackled a wildfire in the Silent Valley area near Kilkeel.

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