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Have you seen a smouldering peatland?

exposed tree roots after a smouldering fire
    Have you
  • recently seen a smouldering fire on a peatland in Ireland?
  • information about past smouldering fires on peatlands?
  • If you have then we would like to hear from you because your information could help us with our research.

    Please contact Nuria Prat (nuria.prat-guitart@ucdconnect.ie)

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Download a PDF information sheet about smouldering peat fires here

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    Keys to identify smouldering fire:
  1. Smoke coming from the ground
  2. Slow propagation
  3. Holes in the ground and soil collapse
  4. Burnt surface patches
  5. Tree destabilisation