Calls Grow to Enhance Safety Measures for Eleventh Night Bonfires in Northern Ireland

Houses destroyed in blaze near bonfire on Eleventh night

The Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service said there was increase in demand for emergency response last night

Fire service deals with 303 emergency calls as Eleventh Night bonfires are lit

Firefighters dealt with more than 300 emergency calls as Eleventh Night bonfires were lit across Northern Ireland.

Northern Ireland Fire Service responds to over 300 calls during Eleventh Night bonfires

In one incident, firefighters had to withdraw from a bonfire in Cookstown, Co Tyrone, as a result of a hostile crowd.

What are the Eleventh Night bonfires in Northern Ireland?

The Eleventh Night bonfire tradition exists in loyalist areas throughout Northern Ireland ahead of the Twelfth of July events.

Bonfires go into extra time as this year's Eleventh Night stretches over an entire weekend

Ulster reaches for the skies this weekend, with the extended Twelfth period seeing towering bonfires across the province set alight to mark

Fire service deals with 303 calls as Eleventh Night bonfires lit across Northern Ireland ahead of Twelfth parades