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Eye witnesses describe “feeling helpless” watching fire
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By Michelle Crean
Three friends who saw the flames describe what it was like in to the early hours of Saturday morning. Cathal O'Connor, Steven Fleming and Harold Reynolds saw the fires around 12 midnight from Muckross.
"We called the fire service and sent them to Dinis car park which seemed very close to the original fire," Cathal, who is from Kilcummin, explained to the Killarney Advertiser.
"The fire quickly gained size but appeared manageable when the fire services arrived until it travelled further behind Dinis and jumped across to the Eagles Nest, where it travelled up the mountain on the strong easterly winds that were around that night. A dark red hue filled the already very bright moon lit sky, the intense red and oranges dominating the landscape making Mount Eagle resemble that of Mount Doom [from 'The Lord of the Rings' film trilogy]. We just watched in dismay as the fire took over the park, feeling helpless."
The fire crew and Gardai were on the scene quickly and did a great job, he added.
"We stayed and watched for a few hours and returned the next day to check the damage. You'd mistake the once lush green landscape for the land of Mordor, now scorched and barren."
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