Eleventh Night: Firefighters tackle nearly 200 incidents including 72 relating to bonfires
Meanwhile, the number of emergency calls during the night increased by 154% from the same period last year.
Last updated 12th Jul 2025
Firefighters tackled 194 incidents across Northern Ireland during what they said was "a challenging and extremely busy" Eleventh night.
A total of 72 of these were related to bonfires.
In addition, the fire service said the number of emergency calls during the night increased by 154% from the same period last year.
One firefighter was attacked while attending a bonfire in Lisburn, Co Antrim.
NIFRS area commander Andy Burns said: "Between 6pm 11 July and 2am 12 July 2025, we received 277 emergency 999 calls.
"This resulted in our firefighters attending 194 operational incidents, 72 of which were bonfire related. Peak activity was between 10pm and 1am.
"During this period, the number of emergency calls received increased by 154% when compared to 2024.
"It was a challenging and extremely busy night for NIFRS with an increase in demand for our regional control centre and emergency response."
The spokesperson added: "Disappointingly, a firefighter was attacked while attending a bonfire in Lisburn. They were not injured and remained on duty.
"This was an isolated incident and not reflective of the support shown to firefighters in carrying out their duties across the evening."