Dublin Fire Brigade had another busy Halloween with a report of 750+ calls before 11pm on the night.
Approximately 200 of these calls were related to Halloween fires.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Since 0900 this morning till 2300 we have received 750+ "999" calls into our control centre<br><br>🚑 259 ambulance calls<br>🚒 337 fire calls in Dublin of which approx 200 were <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halloween?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halloween</a> related<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DFBLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DFBLive</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dublin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dublin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fire</a> <a href="https://t.co/XmLZdQhvOy">pic.twitter.com/XmLZdQhvOy</a></p>— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) <a href="https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1057775666987520001?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The emergency services created a live map for the night, giving a general location of where fire incidents were dealt with.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">And that is a wrap on our <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DFBLive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DFBLive</a> Map. We'll update it in the morning with any fires that happen after midnight. The good news is that the majority of fires are now either out or died down, however if you have concerns ring us on 999 or 112 <br><br>Map link: <a href="https://t.co/4m5q0OzXj9">https://t.co/4m5q0OzXj9</a> <a href="https://t.co/Nat3V3XY9v">pic.twitter.com/Nat3V3XY9v</a></p>— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) <a href="https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1057785092570075136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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You can view the live map here.
The Brigade also noted that luckily no firefighters were injured on their busiest night of the year.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Watch knocking off after a busy night, thanks to D Watch for coming in early. No injuries to any firefighters during <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Halloween?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Halloween</a> night, everyone gets to go home safe <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Dublin?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Dublin</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fire?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fire</a> <a href="https://t.co/3dnREVsexv">pic.twitter.com/3dnREVsexv</a></p>— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) <a href="https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1057915711874629632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2018</a></blockquote>
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