A huge mountain blaze near a housing estate took hold when a planned burn in a garden went out of control.
More than 30 firefighters were needed to bring a blaze involving gorse and woodland in the Bangor Mountain area under control after it spread into woodland close to homes on Thursday evening.
Smoke was visible for miles as the fire crews worked to bring the blaze under control after being called out just after 6pm.
This morning, the fire service confirmed that the blaze was caused when a controlled burn in a resident's garden spread out of control.
A spokesman said: "At its height we had five crews at the scene of the fire.
"They left the scene at around 6.30am.
"The fire involved 200 square metres of gorse, ten tonnes of wood and an aviary."
The spokesman confirmed that despite the aviary being damaged by the fire, no birds were hurt or killed.
They added: "Crews used four hose reels, lighting, two thermal imaging cameras and six breathing apparatus to deal with the fire."
Despite the fire coming into close proximity with homes, no evacuations were necessary.
Nobody was injured.
Following a spate of recent gorse blazes, the fire service recently warned about the dangers of fires in the open.
Kevin Jones, Community Safety Manager, said: "Each [incident] has the potential to tie up resources and prevent us from attending other life threatening incidents.
"During drier periods, fires involving grass, bracken and heather can develop very quickly, particularly in raised winds, resulting in fires getting out of control and spreading to neighbouring properties or forestry, with the need for the fire and rescue service to be called out to extinguish them."
