Firefighters tackle gorse fires in West Cork

Firefighters from Bantry and Schull tackling the gorse fire near Bantry this evening. Picture: Twitter/ Bantry Fire Brigade

Firefighters in West Cork tackled two gorse fires in the region this evening.

A fire crew from Macroom was tasked to the scene of a gorse fire in scrubland just off the Killarney Road at around 5.20pm.