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| Firefighters come under attack | Firefighters come under attack |
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| Fire crews have come under attack in two separate overnight incidents. | Fire crews have come under attack in two separate overnight incidents. |
| Firefighters were attacked by up to 40 youths in Fahan Street in Londonderry as they dealt with a car fire. | |
| Stones and bottles were thrown in the incident shortly before 0200 BST. The crews were called out to the same car fire three times. | Stones and bottles were thrown in the incident shortly before 0200 BST. The crews were called out to the same car fire three times. |
| In Dungannon, a fire engine window was broken after a crew attending a wheelie bin on fire at Newell Road were attacked with stones at about 0100 BST. | |
| Station Commander Davey Lawrence said his crews should not be put at risk. | Station Commander Davey Lawrence said his crews should not be put at risk. |
| "There's no logic to it. The firefighters in Dungannon are retained, they're part-time, they work in the town, they live in the town," he said. | "There's no logic to it. The firefighters in Dungannon are retained, they're part-time, they work in the town, they live in the town," he said. |
| "Some of them have businesses in the town and employ local people. They shouldn't have to serve the community under fear of being attacked." |