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QUIETEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD FOR FIRE SERVICE

written by stephen November 2, 2013
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The Northern Ireland Fire Service had its quietest Halloween since records began.080730-N-5277R-003

During Thursday the Service received 166 calls and attended 124 incidents across Northern Ireland.

This is the lowest figure recorded for 31 October and represents a decrease of 7% on incidents attended during Halloween 2012.

The majority of the incidents this year were located in the Southern Command Area (50%) with most involving rubbish, bonfires and also a number of incidents where tyres were alight in the roadway.

In an isolated incident, firefighters dealing with a fire involving a rubbish bin on the Scrogg Road in Kilkeel Co Down, were attacked by a number of youths throwing stones.   A side window in a fire appliance was broken but no personnel were injured in the attack.

Separate to Halloween related incidents, fire crews attended a blaze in a building near the Milltown Road outside Benburb, Co Tyrone.

Approximately 40 Firefighters from across Armagh, Dungannon, Portadown, Pomeroy and Lisburn fire stations attended the incident.  They extinguished the blaze in the building which was being used for industrial manufacturing of plastics. The cause of the fire was accidental.

QUIETEST HALLOWEEN ON RECORD FOR FIRE SERVICE was last modified: November 2nd, 2013 by stephen

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