Drones to be used to combat wildfires amid orange warning

The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) has teamed up with the State-owned forestry business Coillte to combat wildfires using drones.

The use of drone technology will initially be rolled out in the Dublin Mountains and comes after an Orange fire warning (the third highest of four warning levels) was issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine earlier this week, with more warnings expected during the summer months ahead.