FIRE FIGHTERS TACKLE OVERNIGHT BOG AND GORSE FIRES

Date Published: 03-May-2011

Galway fire fighters spent the night battling several bogfires across the county.

Fire fighters battled a major bog fire in Looscaun along the main Portumna to Scariff road for several hours yesterday.

They managed to get it under control at around 1am.

Last night Galway fire services also dealt with gorse fires in the village of Carra, Newtown outside of Loughrea, Killimordaly and Kiltullagh.

Fire services also dealt with major fires in Mountbellew and Connemara over the weekend.

Hundreds of acres of land were lost in the fires which happened near Recess in Lough Inagh and the Springlawn/Gurteen area of Mountbellew.