EMERGENCY SERVICES BATTLE CONNEMARA GORSE FIRE

Date Published: 26-May-2012

Emergency services are battling a gorse fire outside Maam Cross in Connemara this evening [5pm].

Gardai were alerted to the incident in the Seanakilla bogland at around 3.45 this afternoon.

Fire services are currently at the scene about a mile and a half the Clifden side of Maam Cross.

The blaze has generated substantial smoke, however no road closures are in place at present.