Rural Life
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has said a large fire in a "number of sheds" in Newtownards, Co. Down has this morning been brought under control.
Firefighters worked into the early hours of the morning to tackle what was described as a "substantial" fire at a stable in Co. Wexford.
N.Ireland
300 sheep have been removed from a hay shed in Co. Down where a fire broke out last night (Thursday, April 2).
Gardaí have confirmed an investigation is underway following a fire in a hay barn in Co. Cork on Sunday evening (March 22).
Firefighters in the UK were called to a farm after a tractor went up in flames and spread to nearby crop fields.
Environment
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is currently seeking tenders for fightfighting and monitoring services for its sites.
The cost of farm fires in NI were up by 42% in 2024, with an estimated total of £7.3m in fire damages being reported by farmers to NFU Mutual
Approximately 450 pigs have died as result of a fire that broke out on a farm in Newtownstewart, Co. Tyrone on Sunday, November 9, 2025.
More than 30 firefighters attended the scene of a large fire involving around 300 tonnes of straw, which had broken out at a barn in the UK.
Police in Co. Tyrone are appealing for witnesses after a tractor was set on fire in what is believed to be arson.
Firefighters were called to 144 fires in agricultural buildings in 2024, according to data from fire services throughout the country.
Enquiries are ongoing into the cause of a fire in a field of straw bales in south Co....
Fire crews were alerted to a serious machinery fire, involving a combine harvester in the Suffolk...
Devon & Cornwall Police Rural Affairs Team in the UK have issued an appeal for information after discovering the remains of a hedgehog.
A pensioner has died in a house fire at a rural location in Co. Tipperary. An Garda Síochana...
News
Firefighters attended a large fire at Wigsley Old Airfield, a former Royal Airforce (RAF) base, in Nottinghamshire.
The elderly man who died in a house fire in Co. Westmeath yesterday is understood to have come from a farming background.
A Fine Gael senator has raised incidents of gorse fires in Roscommon in the Seanad this week and...
Units from Ennistymon Fire & Rescue Service in Clare have been deployed again this afternoon after reports that a gorse fire has reignited.
A status orange high fire risk warning is in place across the May Bank Holiday Weekend due to current dry weather patterns.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has issued a ‘Condition Orange’ forest fire warning for the coming days.
A family in Louth voluntarily left it's home after a gorse fire came "extremely close" to their house, Cllr Fiona Mhic Conchoille said.
Conservation rangers at Killarney National Park have issued a "stern message" to the public following "another devastating fire" in the park.
