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.