These are the pictures which show how close raging forest fires came to destroying a house in Co Donegal at the weekend.
The fires came within a few hundred yards of the family home in the Glengesh area.
Helicopter and army personnel were drafted in to spread water on the fires which were spreading rapidly.
People have been asked to be vigilant during the current dry spell and to contact the emergency services to inform them of fires – even what they might consider to be harmless ones.