Cork County Council thanks crews involved in multi-agency firefighting operation

Cork County Council has paid tribute to the agencies involved in a major firefighting operation involved in tackling a gorse fire near Crosshaven yesterday evening.

Crews from Cork City Fire Brigade as well as units from the Cork County fire services in Carrigaline, Crosshaven and Bandon attended the scene of the blaze last night.

The Doyle Shipping Group had also deployed its firefighting escort tug, the DSG Alex, to fight the fire from the water.

In a social media post, Cork County Council said a significant volume of smoke was carried across the harbour towards Carrigaline due to strong easterly winds, "which at times made it difficult to accurately assess the location and extent of the fire from land".

"The Coast Guard was requested to assist and provided valuable support from the water, enabling firefighters to gain a clearer view of the affected area and coordinate firefighting operations more effectively.

"The Port of Cork's firefighting tug also attended the scene and assisted operations through the use of its water cannons," the council said on social media.

The local authority confirmed last night that the fire had been extinguished, adding that crews would remain on site for a number of hours to carry out damping-down operations in a bid to ensure there was no risk of reignition.

"Cork County Fire Service would like to thank all responding agencies for their cooperation and assistance in bringing the incident to a safe conclusion," the council said.