Over 1,000 attacks on firefighters, as crews face bonfire night bombardment

摘要

Bonfire night saw "appalling" attacks on firefighters across the UK, as overstretched and under-resourced crews faced one of their busiest nights of the year. In England there were 961 attacks on firefighters in 2018/19, up by three per cent on the year before. Both Scotland and Wales saw attacks on firefighters rise by over a third, with 72 and 44 attacks respectively. There were 93 attacks in Northern Ireland in the same year, a five-year low.