Firefighters are tackling a wildfire on the Mourne Mountains in County Down.
The blaze broke out on the Slievenaman Road in Newcastle.
It comes as a yellow warning for wildfires remains in place across Northern Ireland.
People are being asked to avoid the area.
NIFRS Group Commander Peter Blaney said the fire is burning over about 10 hectares.
He added that a lot of vegetation has been burnt, but that fire crews have the blaze under control.
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