Blaze at Cork Harbour Grain Store ‘Was Third in Four Months’ 10th January 2021 A smoke plume rises from the fire at the grain storage facility on Ringaskiddy’s deepwater quay Credit: Twitter/Tom MacSweeney Yesterday’s fire at a grain storage facility in Ringaskiddy was the third such incident in the past fourth months, firefighters have said. According to The Irish Times, concerns have been brewing as it emerged that local residents learned of the blaze from the media rather than the Port of Cork and Cork County Council’s notification system. As previously reported on Afloat.ie, the fire at the Ringaskiddy deepwater port on Saturday (9 January) sent a huge plume of smoke into the air over Cork Harbour and saw shipping operations suspended for much of the day.