The Chief Fire officer with Leitrim County Council has urged the general public to excise great care when engaging in outdoor activities over the weekend.
The comments from Finian Joyce comes as a Condition Orange – High Fire Risk Warning has been issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and will remain Effective until June 6th.
The department said the announcement is a result of current weather patterns which see a high fire risk deemed to exist in “all areas where hazardous fuels such as dead grasses and shrub fuels such as heather and gorse exist”.
The Department also issued advice to forest owners and managers amid the new fire-risk warning, highlighting that they are all advised to “prepare for likely outbreaks of fire”.
“Fire lines, fire plans, fire suppression equipment should be reviewed and made ready and other relevant contingencies such as insurance, helicopter contracts etc., checked and confirmed,” it said.
Speaking to Ocean FM news the Leitrim Fire official says extreme caution is needed when it comes to fires and BBQ’S over the coming days
