Waterford firefighters return to cliff top to extinguish gorse fire

Dramatic pictures of the gorse fire on the cliff circulated on social media. 

It took more than 12 hours to extinguish the last fire in the Coolbunnia area. File picture. 

Firefighters from Waterford City fire station are returning to fight a blaze in the Coolbunnia area at Cheekpoint. 

Yesterday emergency services battled for 14 hours to extinguish the gorse fire that broke out at the cliff top near Passage East in Co Waterford.