The environmental damage caused by this week's wildfires in the Glens of Antrim is 'indescribable', a forestry official has said - ForestServiceNI daera_ni
The environmental damage caused by wildfires is "indescribable", a forestry official has said.
"[There are] plenty of rabbits, hares and various things we might not even know about," Mr Marshall added. "What we're doing it monitoring and making sure that none of those areas get close enough to the boundary, [so that] another wouldn't start in an area that has been burnt already."From the scene: Kevin Sharkey, BBC News NI
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