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Fire - Kilworth

  • 12-03-2010 12:51AM
    #1
    cjmcork
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,354 ✭✭✭


    was just driving down the Cork Dublin Road - there's some savage fire roaring around Kilworth by Corbetts - it's absolutely massive (could still see it in the rear view mirror when I was heading to the toll).............anyone know what's happened???


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  • #2
    thorpe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 74 ✭✭thorpe


    Gorse fire. Fermoy and Mitchelstown fire brigades out at the scene there for about 12 hours. Could see on my way home from the city.


  • #3
    miss luce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21 ✭miss luce


    hi, we live in kilworth, and we were wondering what it was. the smoke cloud was huge!!! what is a gorse fire? :confused:


  • #4
    Tango November.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 53 ✭✭Tango November.


    A gorse Fire is like trees, grass, leaves, that sort off stuff .There Was one up here last week. Nenagh were out at.


  • #5
    BrianJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭BrianJD


    Was watching it for ages from our upstairs window. I'm sure it was a staged gorse fire across from the Shooting Range that went a bit out of control!


  • #6
    scuby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 908 ✭✭✭scuby


    army boys blowing things up again ! :)


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  • #7
    BrianJD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,120 ✭✭✭BrianJD


    Wouldn't be suprised considering the amount of play fighting they do up there. They remind me of my Dad who just renewed his Shotgun licence even though I don't think he's fired the gun (which i reckon is older than me) in the last 10 years!!


  • #8
    Satts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 818 ✭✭✭Satts


    This happens every year. The land around there is commonage.
    The heather and furze bushes(gorse) are set alight.
    This fire spurs on the growth of new grass for the many sheep kept up here. This is mountainy land, if there was no fire, there would not be enough grass growth for the sheep, but I doubt if anyone will admit to lighting it.


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