Firefighters in London attended almost 20% fewer incidents on Bonfire Night compared to last year, according to new figures.

This year, the London Fire Brigade's 999 control officers took a total of 697 calls on November 5, with firefighters attending 410 incidents during the 24-hour period.

The figure is down from the previous year's 501 incidents – the busiest Bonfire Night for the brigade in six years.

Over this Bonfire Night weekend (November 3-5), 999 control officers took a total of 1,747 calls and attended 1,080 incidents across the city.

At least 17 of the fires attended over the three-day period were caused by fireworks - including a fire at a mid-terraced house in Mitcham which was started by a stray firework on Saturday.

A spokesman for the brigade said firefighters were “braced for another busy fireworks period” after the increase in incidents in 2016.

LFB attended 410 incidents, down from 501 last year

London Fire Brigade director of operations Tom George added: “It was another busy Bonfire Night period for firefighters and control officers.

“But we are pleased to see a decrease in the number of calls and incidents attended.

“Our 999 control officers and firefighters worked extremely hard to deal with a lot of calls and incidents.

“Fireworks can be spectacular but they are explosives and can cause serious injury if handled irresponsibly, so we always urge people to attend organised displays rather than holding their own events.”

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