{"id":568406,"date":"2026-07-26T03:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568406\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T03:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T03:33:10","slug":"vehicles-parked-near-tipperary-fire-station-broken-into-as-crews-tackle-slievenamon-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/568406\/","title":{"rendered":"Vehicles parked near Tipperary fire station broken into as crews tackle Slievenamon wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses following a number of overnight thefts and damage to motor vehicles parked near a fire station in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/maintopics\/tipperary-news_topic-5331491.html\">Co Tipperary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The incidents took place as fire crews from across Tipperary continued to tackle <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/opinion\/ourview\/arid-41885623.html\">wildfire blazes<\/a> on Slievenamon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Its understood that a number of those affected by the incident are members of the fire service.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Garda\u00ed are currently investigating a number of incidents of theft and criminal damage to motor vehicles that took place on Barrack Street, Cahir, Co Tipperary between 12:30am and 1:30am in the early hours of Saturday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">A technical examination of the scene has been conducted, and garda\u00ed are appealing to road users who may have dash cam footage to make this footage available to investigating garda\u00ed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Anyone with information is asked to contact Cahir Garda Station on 052 744 5630, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Meanwhile, fire crews from across Tipperary continue to battle an intense wildfire on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/munster\/arid-41885263.html\">Slievenamon<\/a> that broke out earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">On Saturday, Tipperary County Council said firefighting efforts are continuing today on Slievenamon as ground operations intensify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Crews remain active on the south side of the mountain, responding to flare-ups and hotspots, while monitoring continues across the wider area.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It added: &#8220;Specialist equipment is supporting firefighters in challenging terrain, and a multi-agency response remains in place to contain and suppress fire activity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Smoke may be intermittently visible on the eastern side of Slievenamon. Residents, particularly those with respiratory conditions, are advised to take appropriate precautions if necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;Tipperary County Council and Fire &amp; Rescue Service thank local residents, landowners, farmers and support agencies for their continued cooperation and support.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses following a number of overnight thefts and damage to motor vehicles parked near&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[185249,2885,61,60,43,767,8769],"class_list":["post-568406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-tipperary-news","tag-climate-change","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-weather","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568406","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=568406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}