Co Antrim bonfire set for new world record in memory of fall victim

The Craigyhill bonfire on the Craigyhill estate, Larne could be the tallest ever (Liam McBurney/PA)

An attempt to set a new world bonfire record in Northern Ireland has gone ahead in memory of a man who died in a fall at a nearby pyre.

John Steele had been helping to build a 50ft bonfire in Antiville in Larne, Co Antrim, when he fell on Saturday.