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Eleventh Night Fire Crisis in NI | Cork News
Northern Ireland’s fire crews were stretched to the limit during the chaotic Eleventh Night celebrations, responding to over 300 emergency calls—mostly between 6 PM on July 11th and 2 AM the next day—with 151 incidents, 54 tied to bonfires. Flames from a Belfast bonfire sparked a garage fire, while in Cookstown, firefighters had to retreat from a bonfire due to a hostile crowd. Homes in Greenisland were destroyed or damaged, with one fire also engulfing a row of terraced houses, a shed, and oil tanks—cause still under investigation. Firefighters also tackled house fires in Antrim and…
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