US EditionEleventh Night Bonfires in Pictures
NORTHERN IRELAND, JUL 12 – Firefighters attended 72 bonfire incidents amid heightened emergency calls, including hazardous sites and controversial effigies, ahead of traditional Orange Order parades.
- On July 12, tens of thousands participated in Orange Order parades throughout Northern Ireland to commemorate more than three centuries since the historic Battle of the Boyne.
- Approximately 300 bonfires were set ablaze across the region during Thursday and Friday evenings in the lead-up to the parades, including a controversial fire at a site containing asbestos near a substation in south Belfast.
- Firefighters responded to a total of 194 incidents, with 72 connected to bonfires, and during one such response in Lisburn, a firefighter was assaulted.
- Emergency calls surged by 154% compared to 2024, with a deployment exceeding four thousand police personnel, while authorities initiated an investigation into environmental crimes related to the asbestos-contaminated bonfire site.
- Stormont Environment Minister Andrew Muir expressed disappointment about the asbestos bonfire lighting and said a review must be undertaken involving all statutory partners to learn lessons.
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The Independent (US)Eleventh Night bonfires lit across Northern Ireland
Watch a compilation of beacon bonfires being set alight across Belfast as communities mark the Eleventh Night. Footage captures towering bonfires in areas such as Meridi Street, off the Donegall Road, and Orangefield Park in east Belfast, among others across Northern Ireland. While most events passed peacefully, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service responded to 72 bonfire-related incidents from Friday night into Saturday.
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Eleventh night bonfire lit on asbestos site criticised - as firefighters face 'challenging' conditions
Bonfires were lit at an estimated 300 locations ahead of the Orange Order's 12 July parades. This included one on a site that contained asbestos and was close to an electricity sub-station.
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