{"id":420158,"date":"2026-04-27T15:30:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/420158\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T15:30:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T15:30:07","slug":"firefighting-operations-to-continue-in-mourne-mountains-across-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/420158\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighting operations to continue in Mourne Mountains across the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Firefighting operations in the Mourne Mountains are to continue across the week.<\/p>\n<p>Almost 100 firefighters tackled wildfires on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The operation started at the weekend in a number of areas across the range, as hot and dry weather continued.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NIFRS are in attendance at wildfire incidents in the Mourne Mountains.<br \/>Incident at Ballagh Road has been scaled back. Crews will be remaining on scene and will monitor.<br \/>Firefighting operations are currently continuing at the Sandbank Road incident near Hilltown. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ka0NeNwaJA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ka0NeNwaJA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Northern Ireland Fire &amp; Rescue Service (@NIFRSOFFICIAL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NIFRSOFFICIAL\/status\/2048436979373646209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Monday the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) indicated the work is expected to continue across this week.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson said about 95 firefighters were involved in fighting wildfires in the area of Ballagh Road, Newcastle, and Sandbank Road, Hilltown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirefighting operations are expected to continue across the week and so we are reiterating our appeal for the public to avoid these areas,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<p>At the weekend, firefighters also tackled a number of other smaller wildfires in Belfast, Armagh, Lurgan and Rathfriland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the weather warning for wildfires remains in place, NIFRS is reminding the public to stay vigilant to the risk of fire in the countryside. If you see a fire, call 999 immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Firefighting operations in the Mourne Mountains are to continue across the week. Almost 100 firefighters tackled wildfires on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-420158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=420158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}