Climate crisis exacerbating fires such as Killarney blaze

Climate change has provided an environment that enables small fires to grow out of control, often causing mass destruction, environmental organisation Voice says

Over the weekend, a blaze at Killarney National Park destroyed half of its landmass. Picture: Valerie O'Sullivan

Climate change has provided an environment that enables small fires to grow out of control, often causing mass destruction, an environmental group has said.

Over the weekend, a blaze at Killarney National Park destroyed half of its landmass, while in the Mourne mountains, firefighters spent three days trying to extinguish a gorse fire that spread more than 3.5km across the range.