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Incident ends after blaze near the Mourne Mountains

Claire Paine The image shows a large fire burning in the dark at the foot hill of the Mourne Mountains in Castlewellan. A small, barbed wire fence is illuminated in the foreground.Claire Paine

Firefighters tackled a blaze at the foothills of the Mourne Mountains on Monday night.

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) said it received a report at about 18:42 GMT of a fire on the Altnadua Road outside of Castlewellan, County Down.

The service said six firefighting appliances were sent to the scene.

The incident was declared over by 00:30 GMT on Tuesday morning.