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| Donard fire started deliberately | |
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| An overnight fire on Northern Ireland's highest mountain was started deliberately, the fire service says. | |
| An Irish Coast Guard helicopter and an RAF helicopter had to help firefighters monitor the gorse fire on Slieve Donard, County Down. | |
| Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Commander Area Commander Jim McCallum said that they believed the gorse fire had been started deliberately. | Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Commander Area Commander Jim McCallum said that they believed the gorse fire had been started deliberately. |
| "We had three crews during the night mostly to monitor the fire," he said. | "We had three crews during the night mostly to monitor the fire," he said. |
| "We are extremely reluctant to commit crews during the night-time essentially due to the danger of personnel falling into a gully or getting trapped by the fire." | "We are extremely reluctant to commit crews during the night-time essentially due to the danger of personnel falling into a gully or getting trapped by the fire." |
| He said that they would have moved in only if there had been a threat to property. | He said that they would have moved in only if there had been a threat to property. |
| A/C McCallum said that because it had been such a visible fire their control room had been inundated with calls. | A/C McCallum said that because it had been such a visible fire their control room had been inundated with calls. |