Emergency services have been called to tackle a large gorse fire in Donegal this morning.
According to
Donegal Daily the fire broke out at 11am in Rann na Fast, in a location near to outbuildings and a house.
Gardai and Fire services are both reportedly at the scene attempting to tackle the blaze.
https://twitter.com/DonegalDaily/status/1257982823123877888?s=20
Images showing the scale of the fire are circulating on social media;
Image Facebook/micheal.macgiollaeasbuig
Meanwhile in the capital, Dublin Fire Brigade have issued a red fire warning in effect for vegetation fires.
https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1258003790088806402?s=20
The fire service called on the public to be mindful of where they park when going for exercise so as not to delay firefighters in attending to gorse fires.