Mourne Mountains fire believed to be 'deliberate'

The fire is believed to have been started deliberately
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Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that started at the foothills of the Mourne Mountains on Monday night.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said it received a report at 18:42 GMT of about 200m of gorse on fire on the Altnadue Road outside of Castlewellan, County Down.
The service said seven appliances and 60 firefighters were sent to the scene.
The fire is believed to have been started deliberately.

The incident was dealt with by 00:27 GMT
Firefighters used backpack sprayers and beaters to extinguish the fire.
The incident was declared over by 00:27 GMT on Tuesday morning.