Two fires overnight threaten separate areas of Killarney National Park

A firefighter tackling a gorse fire in Cork. Picture: Cork County Fire Service.

The fire service in Kerry has appealed to the public and to farmers not to burn in park and commonage areas after two fires overnight threatened two separate areas of the Killarney National Park.

In all there were four separate incidents in the south of the county overnight, while Cork County Fire Service has attended a number of gorse fires since last Thursday.