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WATCH: Air Corps Video Shows Extent Of Galway Forest Fire

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08:05 10 May 2017


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Efforts will continue to battle a major gorse fire in Galway today.

Coillte and Air Corps aircraft have been dumping water to help fire crews, officials and farmers fight the blaze.

It's feared the fire has destroyed thousands of hectares of forest and bogland in the Cloosh valley.

Yesterday, that Irish Air Corps posted a video to Twitter to show the extent of the fire:

 


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