Gardaí believe some fires at Killarney National Park set deliberately

Some of the recent fires which scorched parts of Killarney National Park and its surrounds are believed to have been set maliciously.

In some areas, hill farmers burn off vegetation annually, but fires within the national park itself are suspected of being started deliberately as acts of vandalism.

Gardaí are investigating the cause of a number of land and forest fires which took place in the national park and surrounding areas last Wednesday.