Rural Life
It is understood that approximiately 40 calves have died in a fire at a farm in the Lettergull area, of Raphoe, Co. Donegal last night
A 13 year old female has been charged in connection with what has been described as a deliberate barn fire in the Scottish highlands.
Local fire services dealt with a fire at a farm in the east of Co. Donegal last night (Thursday, August 22).
Machinery
Following a number of farm machinery fires in recent days, firefighters in Co. Carlow have offered...
N.Ireland
Up to 2,000 pigs are believed to have died in a large blaze that broke out on a farm last night (Monday, September 7).
Firefighters were called out to a fire at a farm over the weekend - only to find that the blaze had been started by "pigs and a pedometer".
Investigations are ongoing into a suspected case of arson that occurred last month when a shed containing hay bales was set on fire.
Approximately 50 fire brigade personnel attended a large blaze which broke out in a number of farm sheds last night, in Co. Antrim.
Members of the emergency services including An Garda Síochána attended a fire at a farmhouse in Co. Roscommon yesterday, Monday, January 13.
Farmers and those living in rural areas are at a higher risk of dying in residential fires, according to a research paper on fire deaths.
Machinery worth £35,000 was destroyed in an overnight farm fire in Co. Down over the weekend - which is the latest in a string of incidents.
Around 140 sheep were killed when a fire broke out in a shed on farmland in the area of Drumbuoy, Lifford, Co. Donegal, on Sunday, August 18.
Six teenage boys have been arrested in connection with a large-scale crop fire in the UK earlier this week.
A recent issue involving a JCB which went on fire has prompted a warning on the dangers of machinery fires at this time of year.
A number of livestock have died as a result of a hay barn fire that occurred yesterday morning, Sunday, April 14.
Gardai are investigating an incident in which a tractor was set on fire last week as well as separate incidents of diesel thefts.
More than 50 bales were set ablaze in a fire that broke out in a shed in Co. Kerry on Christmas morning (Tuesday, December 25).
A farm building owned by engineer and founder of the Dyson firm, James Dyson, went up in smoke in a major fire in the UK this week.
A man in his 50s has died in a farmhouse fire in Toomebridge, Co. Antrim, last night (November 14, 2018).
A large-scale fire that took three days for firefighters to extinguish on a farm in the UK is thought to have been started deliberately.
Police are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire in which 1,000 bales of hay were destroyed yesterday evening.
A cow and two calves died in a farm shed fire which is thought to have been set alight deliberately during the week in Co. Fermanagh.
A large barn went on fire last night (Thursday, September 6) in the UK, resulting in 60 firefighters being called in to tackle the blaze.
