The front window of a fire engine was smashed during the attack A firefighter has been injured after his fire appliance was attacked by a mob of stone-throwing youths in Antrim.
The Fire Service was responding to reports of a grass fire, but found that a burning bin had been pushed against the wall of Stiles Community Centre.
Firefighters battled the blaze despite being repeatedly pelted with stones and after eventually managing to put it out, they withdrew.
The injured firefighter is currently being assessed in hospital.
Station commander Keith Black said that the damage to the fire appliance meant cover was now reduced.
He added: “We have resilience for this sort of thing but we do not have a spare fire appliance sitting at the back of the fire station.
“I would ask everyone that, rather than throwing stones at fire engines, they should come and talk to us if they have any issues with us.”
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