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<\/p>\nThe NI Ambulance Service was called to the scene just after midnight\n<\/p>\n
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The Clonduff bonfire prior to being lit on the Eleventh Night<\/p>\n
A man has been taken to hospital following an incident linked to an Eleventh Night bonfire in east Belfast.<\/p>\n
Emergency services were called to the scene at a bonfire in the Lisnasharragh area of the city shortly after midnight on July 12.<\/p>\n
It is understood the injuries \u2013 described by one source as \u201csevere burns\u201d \u2013 were sustained during the lighting of the Clonduff bonfire in the area.<\/p>\n
A NI Ambulance Service (NIAS) spokesperson said: \u201cThe Northern Ireland Ambulance Service received a 999 call at 12.03am on Saturday July 12 following reports of an incident in the Lisnasharragh area of Belfast.<\/p>\n
“NIAS despatched a rapid response paramedic and an emergency crew to the incident.<\/p>\n
“Following assessment and treatment at the scene, one patient was taken to the Royal Victoria Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
The PSNI has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n
The NI Fire and Rescue Service said they had not attended the bonfire site.<\/p>\n
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The Clonduff bonfire prior to being lit on the Eleventh Night<\/p>\n
Watch: Twelfth celebrations take place across Northern Ireland <\/p>\n
Earlier on Saturday, the fire service said Friday had been a \u201cchallenging and extremely busy night\u201d.<\/p>\n
In one incident in Lisburn, a firefighter was attacked at a bonfire, while over the course of the evening, 277 emergency 999 calls were received.<\/p>\n
“This resulted in our Firefighters attending 194 operational incidents, 72 of which were bonfire related. Peak activity was between 10pm and 1am,\u201d said Area Commander Andy Burns.<\/p>\n
“During this period, the number of emergency calls received increased by 154% when compared to 2024.<\/p>\n
“I would like to thank our Firefighters, Regional Control Centre personnel and support employees involved in the operational response tonight.<\/p>\n
“Despite the period of increased demand to bonfire related incidents, we worked hard to ensure emergency response across Northern Ireland was maintained.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisappointingly, a Firefighter was attacked while attending a bonfire in Lisburn. They were not injured and remained on duty.<\/p>\n
“This was an isolated incident and not reflective of the support shown to Firefighters in carrying out their duties across the evening.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NI Ambulance Service was called to the scene just after midnight The Clonduff bonfire prior to being…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[29366,1300,12,94225,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-259472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-east-belfast-news","10":"tag-liam-tunney","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-the-twelfth","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114841414841403991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}