Galway Bay fm newsroom - Galway Fire Services had a busy night overnight with a number of gorse and bog fires across the county.
The largest gorse blaze broke out in Woodford, Portumna just after 5 last evening.
Tune in to Galway Bay fm news for full details....
Two units of the fire brigade from Portumna and Scarriff in Clare fought the gorse blaze in Woodford for more than 7 hours before finally bringing it under control just after midnight.
Mountbellew fire brigade were alerted to a bog fire at Laught,(LOCKED) Moylough around 12.30 this morning and brought it under control within half an hour.
An hour later the same crew were called to a bog fire in Newbridge and battled the blaze for an hour and a half.
Meanwhile, Athenry fire brigade were called to a gorse fire at Derrylissane, Menlough around 1 o' clock this morning.
One unit of the brigade managed to get the fire under control within half an hour.
