Landowners and nature lovers across the country have been asked to watch out for forest fires over the next few days.

A status orange high forest fire risk warning has been issued by the Department of Agriculture; the warning will remain in place until 12pm on April 7th. 

Colum Frawley from Clare County Council Fire and Rescue Service outlined the reasons behind this warning.

“There’s a high fire risk in all areas where there’s dead grass, shrubs, gorse, heather,” he said. 

“Which are usually near forestry; the reason why it’s there is due to low rain levels over the last while and the wind that is predicted across Ireland over the coming days.” 

You can report a forest fire on 999 who will report the problem to a local forest manager.

A forest fire in Kildare. Picture by: RollingNews.ie