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NovFire service handled 650 calls on Bonfire Night7th Nov 2011Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS) received around 650 calls on Bonfire Night compared to 438 last year and fire-fighters attended 474 incidents, compared to 334 last year. However, firework related incidents fell.
Despite it being busier than last year, GMFRS says the evening passed relatively safely with just a handful of injuries and no major incidents.
Director of Prevention and Protection, Peter O’Reilly, said: “It has been a busy firework and bonfire period in comparison to last year as we anticipated, with Bonfire Night falling on a Saturday and with the weather conditions staying clear and dry.(courtesy of Rochdale Online)
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