Pics: Cork fire crews deal with ‘hotspots’ 3 days on from R&H Hall fire January 12, 2021 Rural Life Teams of firefighters have continued to battle hotspots and internal fires among the debris following the major fire which engulfed the R&H Hall…
Emergency services called to fire at R&H Hall grain facility in Cork Port January 9, 2021 Rural Life Emergency services were called into action earlier today (Saturday, January 9) when a fire broke out in a grain storage facility in Cork…
Male ‘seen running from scene’ of fire at old co-op building December 4, 2020 Rural Life Investigations are ongoing after a fire broke out overnight at the old co-op building in Athboy, Co. Meath last night (Thursday, December 4),…
Juvenile arrested and charged in connection with fire at Oldcastle Co Op November 3, 2020 Rural Life Gardaí have arrested and charged a juvenile male in connection with an investigation into a fire at a building in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, on Saturday…
Large fire causes extensive damage to Oldcastle Co Op November 1, 2020 Rural Life A fire ripped through the building of Oldcastle Co Op in Co. Meath last night (Saturday, October 31) with significant damage caused to…
Fire breaks out at egg factory in Fermanagh October 7, 2020 N.Ireland Firefighters were called in to tackle a large blaze at an egg factory in Lisnaskea, Co. Fermanagh, this morning (Wednesday, October 7), according to…
Firefighters douse tractor ‘well alight in a field’ July 30, 2020 Machinery Firefighters were called in to extinguish a tractor which was “well alight in a field” in Somerset, England, this week. The incident occurred…
Tractor and baler go up in smoke in Wicklow July 13, 2020 Rural Life Firefighters had to be called on in Co. Wicklow over the weekend when a tractor and baler went on fire – extinguishing the…
Rendering plant ‘gutted’ following fire in Mayo June 19, 2020 Rural Life A rendering plant owned by Dawn Meats, Western Proteins, was “completely gutted” following an extensive fire that broke out on Sunday night, June…
Farmers urged to be ‘extra vigilant’ with red fire warning in place May 29, 2020 Environment Farmers, rural dwellers and members of the public are being urged by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to be vigilant over the June…
Department issues red forest fire warning for weekend May 29, 2020 Environment A red forest fire warning has been issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for the coming bank holiday weekend.…
Irish Air Corps called in to help tackle bog fire in Laois May 12, 2020 Rural Life The Irish Air Corps had to be called in to assist local fire services and Bord na Móna in tackling a bog fire…
Illegal burning: Farmers warned of dangers to land and pocket March 27, 2020 Environment A strong warning has been issued to landowners not to carry out any illegal burning of land by Minister for Agriculture, Food and…
50 firefighters attend farm shed blaze in Antrim January 20, 2020 N.Ireland Approximately 50 fire brigade personnel attended a large blaze which broke out in a number of farm sheds last night, Sunday, January 19,…
Firefighters tackle ‘bale set alight’ in Kingswood October 4, 2019 Rural Life Firefighters moved to extinguish a bale which was set alight yesterday evening, Thursday, October 3, in Kingswood, Co. Dublin. According to Dublin Fire…
Bales burn in roadside lorry blaze on M1 July 31, 2019 Rural Life Members of the emergency services attended an incident where a lorry transporting a number of bales caught fire – engulfing the entire vehicle…
Gardaí investigate hay bales ‘burnt by youths’ July 31, 2019 Rural Life Members of An Garda Síochána have begun investigations following a vandalism incident where a number of bales of hay were set alight by…
35ac of barley up in smoke due to suspected rubbish burning in Suffolk July 18, 2019 Rural Life 35ac of barley was burnt in a widespread field fire, thought to have been started by rubbish burning in Suffolk, England, yesterday, Wednesday,…
