Police and senior firefighters have condemned the actions of a group of people who attacked firefighters, damaged fire engines, and assaulted police officers who responded to a call for help from Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service.
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During the incident, firefighters were barricaded in an area where a car was intentionally set ablaze before ‘petrol bombs’ were thrown at them. Their exit had been purposefully blocked by the cowardly thugs who had placed sandbags on the road.