FIREFIGHTERS across Bradford yesterday started a 24-hour strike as part of an ongoing row over pensions.
They included a picket line outside Shipley fire station, where five people were waving Fire Brigades Union (FBU) banners and flags.
FBU members walked out at 9am – in what is the 48th period of industrial action since the dispute began.
Between 9am and 5pm yesterday, contingency crews attended 16 incidents, which were mainly recorded as automatic fire alarms.
West Yorkshire fire service said, since the strike action started, contingency crews have attended Oakwell Hall in Birstall at around 12.15pm yesterday after a burst radiator set off a fire alarm, and a property in Todmorden where a woman was locked in.
Another call included swings on fire in Horton Park Avenue, Bradford, shortly after 3.35pm and a chimney fire in Craven Avenue, Silsden, at 4.10pm.
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