DUBLIN FIRE BRIGADE has dealt with well over a hundred call outs today as units across the city contend with a large number of blazes as a result of Halloween. On what is always one of the busiest days of the year for the force, fire officers have been dealing with bonfires, domestic fires as well as other Halloween-related incidents. Between 9am and 5pm today, DFB responded to 59 fire calls. Since then, there have been numerous reported incidents, including bonfires, fire from fireworks, car fires, pallets on fire as well as domestic fires and others. Units from North Strand Station were called out earlier this evening to a large fire at a bonfire complex.

Brave Emma, three, receives award after 999 call saves her pregnant mother A three-year-old girl has received a bravery award for calling 999 when her heavily pregnant mother fell down the stairs. Emma Bazzard made the 11-minute call after discovering her mother, Catherine, unconscious at their home in Nailsea, Somerset. She answered a series of questions and was able to provide her mother's name and their address on November 12. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/article-3372397/Brave-Emma-three-receives-award-999-call-saves-pregnant-mother.html#ixzz4wQiKlXC6

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