Bonfire and fireworks events aren’t being staged this year FIREFIGHTERS had to deal with a “significant increase” in Bonfire season incidents this year - and attacks on firefighters in the period also rose. West Yorkshire Fire Service has released its final report into the 2020 Bonfire period, and it reveals that a mix of dry weather and the Covid 19 pandemic led to a big rise in the number of call outs to arsons or out of control fires compared to 2019. And in Bradford there were two incidents where firefighters were hit by missiles. Overall there were 10 attacks on firefighters in West Yorkshire over the Bonfire period, with six of these being in Bradford.