These Tweets From The Dublin Fire Brigade Show The Harsh And Terrifying Reality Of Halloween

Stay safe out there folks.  Halloween… Ah, a time for dressing up, bobbing for apples (do people still do that?) and general all round eating your body weight in sweets. Any excuse, right? However, there is a darker, more sinister side to the holiday and no, we don’t mean ghosts, demons and ghouls. From bonfires to bangers there’s a lot of ways a day of fun can go drastically wrong and the reality of the weekend was put sharply into perspective by these tweets today from the Dublin Fire Brigade.

At present we are receiving a 999 call every 40 seconds. #dfblive pic.twitter.com/ymYYw8Jhdi

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

A crew from Donnybrook is dealing with a bonfire built close to a hotel, trees have now caught fire as well. #dfblive — Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

We just had two units dealing with this #dfblive https://t.co/V7nRqrtkbN

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

Sadly we have experienced anti-social behaviour towards our crews at a fully involved domestic fire in Balbriggan. No FF injuries. #dfblive — Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

We have officers checking out bonfires of concern throughout Dublin #dfblive pic.twitter.com/2LoM84TMGJ

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

Crews have had experienced anti-social behaviour in Clonsilla for the second time tonight. No F/Fs injured. Withdrawn from scene #dfblive — Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015

From 1600 today we've received 350 calls, 150 of them have been fire calls #dfblive pic.twitter.com/zFIjevvmM0

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 31, 2015