FIREFIGHTERS in Derby have been kept busy despite taking 22 hours of strike action this weekend over pension proposals.
Less than an hour before they went on strike at noon on Friday, they attended a road traffic collision in Grafton Street, Derby - freeing a trapped driver.
Once they returned to duty after 5pm, they received several call-outs - including to a rubbish fire in St Mark's Road, Derby, and a fence on fire at Chevin Avenue, Mickleover, between 8pm and 9pm.
An Alfreton crew dealt with a car fire at Somercotes at 7pm.
Overnight, an Ascot Drive crew was called to Foresters Park, Osmaston Park Road, at 1.40am to deal with an indoor bin fire at the KFC outlet, which threatened to set fire to the fast food outlet's kitchen.
The firefighters were due to strike again today from 2pm through to 2am and on Sunday, from 10am to 3pm.
