FIREFIGHTERS are busy tackling nuisance bonfires in and around Bolton.
Local crews have already dealt with a number of incidents on what is their busiest day of the year.
Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue are tweeting about the bonfire night related incidents, to show the public the numbers of calls they are receiving.
Calls started coming in at just after 5pm, with crews being sent to Westhoughton after children were seen playing around a bonfire and firefighters in Bury dealt with a bonfire in a back street.
Firefighters were called to Radcliffe after rubbish was set on fire close to houses.
Just before 6pm Bolton firefighters were called to a large bonfire in a field in the town.
Crews are now dealing with an out of control bonfire in Radcliffe and have also been dispatched to Little Hulton to deal with a fire in an outbuilding.
The fire brigade is urging parents to ensure where their children are tonight after the service was told that children are throwing paint thinner onto a fire.
The fire service posted on their Facebook page this evening: “Busy busy night already lots of phone calls from people concerned about out of control bonfires and youths setting fires across Greater Manchester - for all the action follow our Twitter feed @manchesterfire Please stay safe and enjoy Bonfire Night.”
1806 Calls about bonfires at the end of a street in Bolton and another in Cheetham Hill #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
Bonfires now lit in Ince, Bolton and Manchester - all causing local people real concern for their safety and their homes #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
Major concerns about a fire in Bury where kids are throwing paint thinner onto a fire - do you know where yours are? #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
Currently dealing with an out of control bonfire in Radcliffe #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
1747 Reports of plastics being burned near a property in Bolton #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
1737 Reports of rubbish being put on fire, close to houses in Radcliffe #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
Outbuilding in Little Hulton on fire and a fire has been started in a playground in Norwood Road Great Moor S'port #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
1902 Call about a shed on fire in Stretford and reports of an uncontrolled bonfire at Church Street, Radcliffe #BonfireNight
— Manchester Fire (@manchesterfire) November 5, 2015
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