Fire fears for overgrown Blackrock grass


The building’s sizeable lawn runs down toward Blackrock village and Mr O’Leary understands it is under City Council control. There are plans to build a playground on the grounds.

Cork City Fire Brigade have dealt with multiple outdoor fires during the recent heatwave and have warned that glass bottles in green areas can be the cause of a blaze, with the sun shining through glass igniting dry grass. Firefighters found several empty glass bottles in a ditch after extinguishing a fire near Clonakilty on Tuesday.