Firefighters tackle Mourne Mountains blaze
Firefighters have extinguished a large gorse fire on Slieve Binnian in the Mourne Mountains.
Six fire appliances and a command support unit tackled the blaze.
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) had asked residents to keep windows and doors closed on Monday afternoon.
The blaze was extinguished at about 20:00 GMT, NIFRS said.
It follows two other fires in the area last week, one near Silent Valley and another near Castlewellan.
The fire near Castlewellan is believed to have been started deliberately.
The Natural Hazards Partnership issued an amber warning for wildfires in Northern Ireland last Friday.
It said that dry and breezy conditions heightened the risk of a blaze.
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