Irish authorities warned that warm and dry conditions, combined with dead vegetation, pose a high risk of wildfires across the country this week.
Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued an orange alert through April 14, saying fires could spread quickly, especially in areas where dead grasses and shrubs have accumulated. That alert comes as April’s dry and unseasonably warm weather is set to continue, according to forecast data from Atmospheric G2.
While no equivalent warnings have been issued in the UK, similar conditions mean that fire risks are also “very high,”