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3rd May 2017
09:44am BST
Plumes of smoke surrounded Dublin's coastline yesterday evening as a gorse fire engulfed Howth Head.
Four units, including one high-volume pump, from Kilbarrack, North Strand, Phibsborough and Tara Street HQ rushed to the scene after 5.30pm and began to tackle the fire.
We have four units fighting a well established gorse #fire in #Howth. Fire engines from Kilbarrack, North Strand, Phibsboro and HQ. pic.twitter.com/taZdtQEhDt
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) May 2, 2017
Teams used drones equipped with FLIR-thermal software to watch from above, detect hot spots and help concentrate firefighting operations.
Things began to wind down after midnight once crews got the fire under control.
At the #Howth gorse fire last night crews used a drone to keep track of the #fire, to protect nearby houses. 4 units attended #Dublin pic.twitter.com/16iUjT9SbH
— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) May 3, 2017
Insane efforts - fair play to all involved in containing and extinguishing the blaze.
Header image: @DubFireBrigade
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