Tallaght firefighters battle gorse fire in Crooksling

Units from Dublin Fire Brigade have dealt with a gorse fire just off the Blessington Road in Crooksling this afternoon.

Over the past two weeks DFB have been battling gorse fires across the county as dry conditions continue.

C Watch Tallaght have dealt with a gorse #fire off the Blessington Rd near Crooksling. Dry countryside at the moment, be aware #Dublin pic.twitter.com/d30fgkKEBe

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) April 27, 2017

On Tuesday firefighters from Tallaght dealt with a similar blaze in Adamstown in Lucan, near the Paddocks.

Tallaght station are dealing with a grass fire near the Paddocks in Adamstown Lucan #Dublin #fire @sdublincoco pic.twitter.com/CKl7xOmMvU

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) April 25, 2017

Today’s fire was dealt with by members of C Watch from Tallaght fire station.

In a message posted via the official Dublin Fire Brigade Twitter account, they said: “C Watch Tallaght have dealt with a gorse fire off the Blessington Rd near Crooksling.

“Dry countryside at the moment, be aware.”