Occupants of a terrace house in Thornhill Crescent in the Twinbrook area of West Belfast were alerted to a fire involving a tumble dryer when a smoke alarm actuated late on Monday evening. Crews from the Lisburn Road and Sringfield Road stations attended and dealt with the incident which was confined to electric wiring.

An appliance attending a rubbish fire in Riverside Mews in the Suffolk area of West Belfast came under attack from youths throwing stones. Fortunately no damage or injuries were sustained.

An 18 year old girl was cut free from a car after it overturned on the Holywood Road, Craigantlet between Holywood and Newtownards. She was given first aid by NIFRS FPOS and then taken to hopsital by ambulance.

NIFRS resources were called to assist in releasing a motorcyclist who had become trapped in thick hedging on the Tullygrawley Road, Cullybackey in County Antrim. Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to free the man who was then taken to hospital by ambulance.

Two workers suffered slight smoke inhalation after a fire occurred in a packaging plant in Aghanloo Industrial Estate, Limavady. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hosereel jet and a main jet to extinguish the blaze and then ventilated the building. Four others were also given oxygen at the scene to counteract the effects of having breathed in fumes. Ambulance crews also treated the casualties at the scene.

Two teenage girls were rescued after they had become stranded on top of a wall beside the Lecky Road in the Brandywell area of Londonderry. The two girls, aged 12 and 15 were brought to safety by firefighters using a short extension ladder.

A sounding smoke alarm alerted a neighbour to a fire in a semi-detached house in Wellington Drive, Bangor. Firefighters rescued a 26 year old man from the ground floor of the house and used a hosereel jet to deal with the fire in the back living room. The man was treated at the scene by ambulance personnel for smoke inhalation.

A man and a woman aged in their 40s were led from a terrace house in Lincoln Square in the Lower Falls area of Belfast after a fire occurred in the kitchen of the property. An ambulance was requested to attend as the pair suffered smoke inhalation. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used a hosereel jet to deal with the fire. Actuating smoke alarms had alerted the occupiers to the danger.

An appliance attending a call to rubbish on fire in Queens Parade in the New Lodge area of Belfast withdrew from the area due to stone throwing youths. PSNI were informed regarding the incident. Fortunately there was no damage or injuries caused.