UNITED KINGDOM: ARSON SUSPECTED IN NORTHERN IRELAND'S BIGGEST FIRE FOR YEARS

Record ID: 337757

  • Title: UNITED KINGDOM: ARSON SUSPECTED IN NORTHERN IRELAND'S BIGGEST FIRE FOR YEARS
  • Date: 10th February 1971
  • Summary: 1. GV Timber yard on fire 0.06 2. SCU Fire engine 0.10 3. LV INTERIOR..Camera into burning shed 0.24 4. SV Timber burning 0.30 5. SV & CU Firemen with nose fighting blaze (3 shots) 0.54 6. GV Timber-shed ablaze 1.01 7. SV Firemen fighting blaze as part of roof collapses (2 shots) 1.17 Initials ES.1610 JMR/AW/ES.1620 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 25th February 1971 13:00
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  • Location: BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND
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  • Country: United Kingdom Northern Ireland
  • Reuters ID: LVA1J298TZYOU19JR9FUZRTVMIJI
  • Story Text: Political extremists are believed to have started a fire in a timber yard in Belfast, Northern Ireland, in the early hours of this morning (Wednesday, 10 February 1971). Nearly 100 firemen fought the blaze which could be seen from all over the city. Damage is estimated as at least GBP1,500,000 sterling. The fire came only hours after the deaths of five civilians in a landmine blast and further violence during an Irish Republican Army funeral procession.
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