FIREFIGHTERS had a hectic Bonfire Night with almost treble the usual number of 999 calls-outs.
West Yorkshire Fire Service's headquarters at Birkenshaw dealt with 412 calls from 6pm to midnight and then a further 100 during the night. Many were to bonfires.
A fire service spokesman said: "It has been a very busy night indeed."
Firefighters had a strange job near Hipperholme - they were the only people watching a massive bonfire.
They monitored the fire next to Brighouse and Denholme Gate Road at Coley, above Brighouse, for a couple of hours before dousing the flames.
Leading Fireman Alan Jordan, of Brighouse fire station, said: "It was a massive bonfire with whole trees thrown on it and was burning fiercely - yet there was no-one there except us."
In Huddersfield firefighters were called to bonfires in Thornton Lodge, Deighton and Primrose Hill.
A rocket shoved through a letterbox in Ruskin Grove, Sheepridge at 8pm damaged the door.
Youths threw a lit firework into Deighton Fisheries on Deighton Road at 7.30pm, shocking staff and leaving scorch marks.
