Council launches investigation into fatal bonfire fall

A man lays flowers near the scene after a man died after falling from a bonfire on the Antiville estate in Larne, Co Antrim on Saturday night. Police and ambulance personnel attended the scene after the fatal incident, which happened just after 9.30pm. Picture:Liam McBurney/PA

A council has launched an investigation into the death of a man who fell from a bonfire built on its land.

John Steele was helping to construct the towering pyre in the Antiville estate in Larne, Co Antrim, when the incident happened on Saturday night.