Fire crews have been busy across the island putting out several fires, including one caused by a poorly discarded barbecue.

Douglas crew attended a large garden Fire on Rosedene Close in Onchan after receiving a call at 4.10pm today (Saturday).

The occupiers of the property had quickly called 999 as the fire was developing fast. The crews attended with two major pumping appliances and extinguished the fire using two high pressure hose reels.

They remained at the property for an hour where they dampened down and checked the area for hot spots using a thermal imaging camera.

Simultaneously another crew from Douglas was sent to Summerhill Glen in Douglas to a report of a bin fire.

They found that the fire had been caused by a poorly discarded barbecue.

The fire was extinguished with the crews using a high pressure hose reel.

Ramsey and Kirk Michael crews also got a call to a scene of a gorse fire in Churchtown, Ramsey, at 11am today (Saturday), where they spend an hour putting out the flames and dampening hot spots.

Station Officer Matt Tyrer said: ’Initial information suggested the fire was spreading to nearby vehicles, crews quickly prevented the fire from spreading further using high pressure hose reels.’

Two major pumping appliances and one 6x6 off-road Pinzgauer was used by the crews.

The fire service provided advice on how to prevent grass fires ahead of the sunny weekend.

As grass fires spread very quickly, the fire service is asking residents to report any dry grass smouldering by calling 999.

Its other prevention tips include:

â?¢ Don’t drop cigarettes or anything that is burning on dry ground;

â?¢ Don’t drop cigarettes out of car windows, they may land on dry grass by the roadside;

â?¢ Only use barbecues in suitable and safe areas, never leave them unattended and have a bucket of water or sand nearby for emergency use;

â?¢ Make sure you dispose of any barbecues correctly, they should be fully extinguished and cold before disposing of the contents;

â?¢ Keep young children and ball games away from barbecues;

â?¢ Only use barbecues in suitable and safe areas and never leave them unattended;

â?¢ Sunlight shining through glass can start large fires, take glass bottles/jars home or put them in a waste or recycling bin.