{"id":569352,"date":"2026-07-26T19:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/569352\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T19:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T19:19:11","slug":"emergency-services-responding-to-reports-of-fire-in-the-comeragh-mountains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/569352\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency services responding to reports of fire in the Comeragh Mountains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency services are understood to be responding to reports of a fire in the Comeragh Mountains this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large clouds of smoke can be seen rising from the mountains, with the blaze visible from a number of locations across County Waterford. The Irish Coast Guard helicopter has also been seen operating above the mountain as the response continues.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1112\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/162441b2-4538-49eb-b9bc-6db8f2e8987d-1-1112x1200.jpg\" alt=\"162441b2 4538 49eb b9bc 6db8f2e8987d 1\" class=\"wp-image-4468394\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.9266728720653635;width:586px;height:auto\"  \/>Smoke above the Comeragh Mountains<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WLR understands from multiple sources in the area that there are reports of three separate fires burning in a line across the mountain. Those reports have not yet been officially confirmed by the emergency services.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Local sources have also told WLR that farmers are working to move sheep from the mountain as a precaution while emergency crews continue to respond.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WLR has contacted An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na and the fire service for further information on the incident, including the extent of the fire and what may have caused it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of the public are being urged to stay away from the area and keep access routes clear to allow emergency services to carry out their work safely.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are no reports of any injuries at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>For the latest Waterford <a href=\"https:\/\/wlrfm.com\/news\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlrfm.com\/sport\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sport<\/a>, tune into WLR News on the hour and download the WLR App for news on demand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emergency services are understood to be responding to reports of a fire in the Comeragh Mountains this afternoon.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-569352","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\/569352","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=569352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}