Video: Five fire units and water tanker needed to contain Dublin gorse fire

Dublin Fire Brigade say there was no one injured during a gorse fire at Threerock Mountain last night.

Several units of Dublin fire brigade are fighting a major gorse fire at Barnaculliahttps://t.co/FtANuEmmcO

— RTÉ News (@rtenews) May 4, 2016

Five fire units and a water tanker were sent to the scene near Barnacullia where they brought the blaze under control in the early hours.

5 fire engines and a water tanker are at the Barnacullia gorse fire in the Dublin mountains. pic.twitter.com/QfH2NoTG7r

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) May 4, 2016

It was a particularly busy night for the fire services, having also sent six units to deal with a waste fire in the Ballycoolin area.

Staff from Rathfarnham and Dolphin's Barn extinguished two empty buses which caught alight off the Blessington Road.

Rathfarnham & Dolphin's Barn have extinguished 2 buses on fire off the Blessington road. Unoccupied, no injuries. pic.twitter.com/T1gLcL3C4c

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) May 4, 2016