{"id":218660,"date":"2025-12-30T20:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/218660\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T20:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T20:32:10","slug":"kerry-fire-brigade-tackling-major-blaze-near-caherdaniel-the-village-is-full-of-smoke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/218660\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerry fire brigade tackling major blaze near Caherdaniel \u2013 \u2018The village is full of smoke\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking\u00a0|\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The blaze above Caherdaniel village. Photo by Ruth Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/96094819-4dd7-4763-b143-c781d88893f2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The blaze above Caherdaniel village. Photo by Ruth Brophy<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fire service attending Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/aa8b7039-96e8-4747-9126-6c33d3c117b2.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Fire service attending Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The blaze above Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/cee994a9-3860-4cd1-89e5-3d6fa10fc826.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The blaze above Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The fire on Eagle Hill above the village. Photo by Ruth Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/285a7584-2c88-43bb-b0b6-afeae621d290.jpg\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The fire on Eagle Hill above the village. Photo by Ruth Brophy<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Emergency services are attempting to control a major blaze that has broken out on the hills above Caherdaniel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">A number of fire brigade members are at the scene with the aim of ensuring the blaze does not enter the village.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">The fire is understood to have started near the townland of Bracaragh, on high ground to the east of the village. It has since begun to move west with the wind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Caherdaniel photographer Ruth Brophy is bearing witness to the blaze. <\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Ms Brophy told The Kerryman that there are at least three fire brigade vehicles on hand.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fire service attending Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767126729_346_aa8b7039-96e8-4747-9126-6c33d3c117b2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">Fire service attending Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThere is loads of volunteers out, it looks like they will be at it for a while,\u201d Ms Brophy said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe village is full of smoke,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The blaze above Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1767126730_949_cee994a9-3860-4cd1-89e5-3d6fa10fc826.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" data-testid=\"article-image\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_caption1 indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_secondary indo-66f0fec7_regular indo-1d70522a_marginbottom0 indo-1d70522a_marginleft0 indo-1d70522a_marginright0 indo-1d70522a_margintop3 indo-b48c4984_left\" style=\"color:var(--color-grey-60)\">The blaze above Caherdaniel. Photo by Ruth Brophy<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">Vincent Hyland, another local, has captured video footage of the fire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indo-ebe0ecc6_root indo-ebe0ecc6_paragraph indo-300db776_none indo-91174671_primary indo-1d70522a_marginbottom5 indo-1d70522a_margintop0 indo-b48c4984_inherit\" style=\"color:var(--color-primary-80)\">\u201cThe worrying part of this is the fire brigade have to get this under control because it could jump into gardens and set houses on fire,\u201d Mr Hyland said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Breaking\u00a0|\u00a0 The blaze above Caherdaniel village. Photo by Ruth Brophy Fire service attending Caherdaniel. 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