Fire brigade received one emergency call every 70 seconds on Halloween night

DUBLIN Fire Brigade received one emergency call every 70 seconds on Halloween night.

Dublin Fire Brigade and Ambulance Service said they experienced a high volume of emergency calls on Wednesday, October 31.

Speaking about the calls on X, formerly known as Twitter, Dublin Fire Brigade said: “We are experiencing a high volume of calls this evening, approx one emergency call every 70 seconds.”

They reminded potential callers to be ready to share the following information during the call - address of the emergency, phone number you’re calling from and nature of your emergency.