Up to half of the landmass at Killarney National Park has been damaged by the fires of recent days.
The blaze is now extinguished but Kerry Fire Service will closely monitor the area into the evening.
Fire services and the Irish air corp had been working to bring the fire under control since Friday.
Our #301sqn crews are prepping to launch on day 3 fighting the #KillarneyNationalPark fire. Almost 90,000ltrs of water has been dropped on #PurpleHill and surrounding areas of #gorse in the last 2 days. pic.twitter.com/1RsWt3ueps
— Irish Air Corps (@IrishAirCorps) April 26, 2021
The Irish air corp dropped around 90 thousand litres of water on to the site in a bid to help firefighters.
The government has announced it is recruiting 50 more Conservation Rangers across the country in a bid to prevent fires like this from happening again.
Visiting Killarney National Park today w/ @noonan_malcolm Devastating scenes w/ 2,500-3,000 hectares of precious land destroyed.
Míle Buíochas to all of the Firefighters, NPWS staff, volunteers, Air Corps&everyone involved in the massive operation to bring this fire under control pic.twitter.com/FO0insJ8b4— Darragh O'Brien (@DarraghOBrienTD) April 26, 2021
Minister of State at the Department of Heritage Malcolm Noonan says they'll be working with Gardai to investigate the cause of the fire
