The was a decrease in the number of Eleventh Night bonfire incidents which required a response from firefighters this year, according to figures from NIFRSOFFICIAL
There was a decrease in the number of Eleventh Night bonfire incidents which required a response from firefighters.
Thousands of people in unionist areas in Northern Ireland commemorate the anniversary of the battle every summer with bonfires on 11 July and parades on 12 July. NIFRS said it received a total of 203 emergency 999 calls in the period between 18:00 on Monday and 02:00 on Tuesday.Fire crews responded to 98 operational incidents during that time, but just over one third of those were bonfire-related incidents.
"The normalisation of these types of bonfires is a sad reflection of where we are today," Ms Hunter said. Ulster Unionist Party leader Doug Beattie said it was utterly disgraceful to place such items on bonfires.The Reverend Mervyn Gibson, grand secretary of the Orange Order, also condemned the incidents."We're out to celebrate our culture. People have their own culture and politics. The Twelfth of July is about the glorious revolution and what it achieved for everybody, civil and religious liberty for all.
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