Ballycastle: Firefighters at the scene of blaze at warehouse
Firefighting was scaled back on Thursday morning, but operational activity is still taking place.
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Emotional moment firefighters down helmets as coffin of hero colleague killed in line of duty passes
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Telegraph
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