Roz Purcell feels like she's 'smoked 900 cigarettes' as wildfires rage near her home

Nature queen Roz Purcell has shed light on the severity of the wildfires near her family home in the Tipperary countryside.

The influencer has urged people not to travel to Slievenamon to view the blaze as the roads have been closed with access only being granted to those who live there.

She praised the firefighters, Air Corps and private-hire helicopter pilots who are working 'flat out' to try and exstinguish the flames.

'The fire department has been here three days non-stop, they haven't slept,' The Hike Life author said in a social media video.

Roz said: 'Basically my parents live at the bottom of the mountain, my sister Rachel lives at the bottom of the mountain looking up at it. So their house is covered in smoke now depending on the wind.'

'Whereas my sister and my house, we're right at the top of the tree line,' she added.

She highlighted her viewpoint and how the blaze has spread on either side of Coillte Forest.

'It's very hard when you're up there to get a concept of where the fire is because you're kind of just in smoke.

'So I've been coming down to the road to see where it is... because it's kind of scary not knowing what's happening,' she continued.

Commenting on the thick smoke that has surrounded the area, she concluded: 'I feel like I've smoked 900 cigarettes in the last 24 hours... My mouth is like a carpet.'

Roz’s update comes as it was confirmed that the wildfire on Slievenamon had spread to the Coillte forest.

Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Carol Kennedy, acting senior assistant chief fire officer with Tipperary Fire and Rescue Service, also offered an update.

On Tuesday, she said that the fire ‘took off quietly again’ and on Wednesday shared that the temperature lowering had helped ‘dampen down the fire a little bit.’