Huge and growing gorse fire encircling much of Slieve Donard above Newcastle.
@NIFRSOFFICIAL asking people to stay away this weekend.
#mournes
Biggest fire

I’ve ever seen in the Mournes. Very troubling. The view from Newcastle just now.
Mournes fire from Newcastle this evening.
This picture gives a sense of the scale of the Mournes fire
This is the view from Newcastle tonight. Fires also raging on the other side of the slopes.
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