Cloosh Valley wildfire situation improves

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Galway Bay fm newsroom - The massive forest fire which has been raging at Cloosh Valley near Oughterard for several days is improving slightly.

Acting CEO of the County Council, Jim Cullen says fire fighters have been granted a reprieve from the blaze as army personnel assist crews.

The Air Corps dropped more than 158 thousand litres of water on the Cloosh Valley over the past 48 hours.

It's now estimated up to 3,500 hectares of forest and bog land have been destroyed.

Acting County CEO, Jim Cullen told Keith Finnegan that the situation has improved in the past 24 hours.

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