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,…
Department issues Orange forest fire alert April 18, 2019 Forestry The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an Orange forest fire alert warning for much of the country for the…
Gardai investigating cause of farm fire September 27, 2018 Rural Life Members of An Garda Siochana are investigating the cause of a recent farm fire in Co. Meath, according to local radio station LMFM.…
Bales go up in smoke in Tipperary barn blaze September 3, 2018 Rural Life A hay barn went up in flames in Co. Tipperary late last week, according to Tipperary Fire and Rescue. On Thursday evening, August…
Firefighters tackle shed fire in the south-west for 13 hours August 27, 2018 Rural Life Members of the Kerry Fire and Rescue Service recently spent 13 hours battling a shed fire near Tralee, according to Radio Kerry. It…
Tractor-trailer fire blocking road in Offaly August 24, 2018 Rural Life Emergency services are at the scene of a fire on what is understood to be a trailer attached to a tractor blocking the…
300 bales of hay destroyed in shed blaze in Co. Galway August 17, 2018 Rural Life Gardai are appealing for information following a blaze in a hay shed in the Corrandulla area of Co. Galway yesterday evening (Thursday, August…
£100,000 worth of wheat burnt by vandals on UK farm July 31, 2018 Rural Life Police in Scotland are appealing for witnesses following a suspicious fire at a farm that led to the destruction of £100,000 (€112,229) worth…
Condition Orange High Fire Risk warning extended July 26, 2018 Rural Life The Condition Orange High Fire Risk warning that is currently in place has been extended by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.…
Lorry transporting bales goes up in smoke on UK motorway July 20, 2018 Rural Life A lorry transporting a large number of straw bales went on fire on the side of a motorway in the UK yesterday (Thursday,…
Mushroom farm fire causes ‘significant damage’ July 19, 2018 Rural Life A fire on a mushroom farm in Co. Westmeath in the early hours of this morning caused “significant damage”, according to local reports.…
Vandals caught setting bale alight – while still in a baler July 18, 2018 Rural Life Two teenagers were caught red-handed attempting to set a hay bale alight – while the bale was still inside the baler. The incident…
Department updates fire warning to Condition Orange July 17, 2018 Environment The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a new Condition Orange ‘High Fire Risk’ in all areas where hazardous fuels…
Farmer nearly trapped by fire in the midlands July 3, 2018 Rural Life A farmer in Co. Westmeath was nearly trapped by two fires which broke out on his land last week and subsequently spread, according…
Fire breaks set up to protect 50ac corn field from fire July 2, 2018 Rural Life Fire breaks had to be set up today to protect a 50ac corn field from the spread of gorse and forest fires, according…
