Oldham Girl, 14, Injured by Firework

A teenage girl has been left seriously injured after being hit in the face by a firework during bonfire night. Greater Manchester fire crews have described the evening as a night of "devastation."

At one stage on November 5, the fire service said half its resources "were deployed at once."

The girl, 14, needed hospital treatment for an injury to her left eye after the incident in Pitt Street, Oldham.

In other incidents across the region, youths in Salford set a car alight and hurled fireworks at firefighters.

Greater Manchester Fire & Rescue Service said hundreds of "frightened and concerned" people reported a variety of incidents.

Between 20:00 and 21:00 GMT the service received more than one call per minute, with a total of 300 calls between 15:00 and 22:00 GMT. These figures show an increase of 20% on last year.

A spokesman said:

"In the most shocking incidents, firefighters came under fire themselves; in particular they withdrew from Orient Street in Salford when youths hurled fireworks at them as they tried to extinguish a fire in a suspected stolen car."

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