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This is the shocking moment Bonfire Night hooligans launched rockets at firefighters as they attended a blaze in north Manchester.
Footage from inside the cab shows several fireworks hitting the vehicle as firefighters radio for help on Ash Tree Road in Blackley.
In the video rockets explode as they hit the engine and fires can be seen burning in the street ahead.
Rockets are thrown at the firefighters as they radio in for police assistance while attending a fire in Blackley, north Manchester
The footage has been released as figures show Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service received 701 calls and responded to 431 incidents between 5pm on Bonfire Night and 8am on Monday, November 8
A firefighter can also be heard calling for police assistance and urging the control room not to send any more crews to the scene.
Radioing in, he can be heard saying: 'Gulf171 under attack, we're being attacked by fireworks.
'The hood is blocked and there's several youths firing fireworks at the appliance. Request urgent attendance of the police. Unable
