The blaze started around 6pm this evening.
A large gorse fire has broken out in the Dublin mountains this evening and members of the Dublin Fire Brigade are trying to put it out.
The blaze broke out around 6pm this evening near the Tibradden area in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains.
Three fire engines from the Dublin Fire Brigade are currently attending the scene near Glencullen, where the gorse fire has broken out.
https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/824334713859014656
The fire can be seen from South Dublin with several photos of the blaze being uploaded to social media by onlookers.
https://twitter.com/DublinDude15/status/824337556099698688
https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/824329149535977473
https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/824349464735453185