Dublin Fire Brigade reports 70% increase in calls on Halloween night

Padraig Conlon 02 Nov 2020

Dublin Fire Brigade say callouts for Halloween bonfires were up over 70% on last year.

They also confirmed that were 398 call outs for fires on Halloween between 4pm and 7am, in comparison to 229 last year.

Thankfully ambulance call outs were down on last year with 202 calls on Saturday compared to 298 last year.

In a statement Dublin Fire Brigade said most of the fire-related incidents this year did not require intervention, and that crews experienced very little anti-social behaviour.

No crew members were reported to be injured.

 

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