Fire service in North deals with significant increase in calls on Eleventh Night
Monday, July 12, 2021
By Jonathan McCambridge, PA
The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has said it dealt with a “significant increase” in emergency calls to bonfire-related incidents this year.
More than 230 Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland between Friday and Sunday nights.
The bonfires precede the Twelfth of July parades, the main date in the Protestant loyal order parading season.
A fire fighter dampens down his own truck due to extreme temperatures as a huge bonfire in Craigyhill, Larne, is lit on the “Eleventh night” to usher in the Twelfth commemorations (Niall Carson/PA)
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Unionist leaders criticise burning of Irish tricolour flags on Eleventh Night bonfires
More than 230 Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland between Friday night and last night. By Press Association Monday 12 Jul 2021, 12:45 PM 18 hours ago 43,549 Views 43 Comments
Updated 12 hours ago The tricolour burning on the Tigers Bay ‘eleventh night’ bonfire in Belfast in the early hours of this morning Source: Liam McBurney via PA Images
DUP LEADER JEFFREY Donaldson and TUV leader Jim Alister have condemned the burning of Irish tricolour flags on an Eleventh Night bonfires in Northern Ireland.
It comes after a busy night for Northern Ireland’s fire service, who were called out to 81 bonfire incidents over the course of the weekend.
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