Local residents advised to stay indoors due to amount of smoke in the air
Dublin Fire Brigage continued to fight gorse fire late on Sunday afternoon as ESB crews inspected damage to lines
Power was restored to some 4,000 homes in the Tallaght and Dundrum areas of Dublin on Sunday afternoon after ESB lines had been damaged by a gorse fire near Stepaside. In social media posts, the DFB had said Woodside Road was closed to traffic while Slate Cabin Road was also reported as being partially closed. DFB had said a strong wind was driving smoke across a wide area.
Videos posted online suggested the fire itself was in a relatively limited area but generating a great deal of smoke. DFB said it had received about 200 calls about the fire.
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