Youths stone firefighters in Dublin

A crew of firefighters was taken to hospital last night after a gang of youths attacked them with stones in north Dublin.

The five men from Phibsborough Fire Station were fighting a blaze at a building site when a group of teenagers attacked them at about 9pm.

They drove in the fire engine to the Mater Hospital where three of them were treated and later released.

A spokesman for Dublin Fire Brigade said one of the men may have suffered a broken arm.

“Unfortunately incidents like this are all too common,” the spokesman said. “Quite often stones will be thrown at a fire engine.

“But last night was particularly bad. This was a nasty one. A variety of stones were thrown.”

He said children or teenagers were believed to be responsible for the attack.