Police were pelted with fireworks after chaos erupted
Three people have been arrested after Bonfire Night turned to chaos on an east Manchester street. Vine Street, between Gorton and Abbey Hey, turned into a 'warzone' after a large group of youths gathered, set a car alight and pelted police with fireworks.
READ MORE: "We've lost it": Bonfire Night in 'f****** Gotham City' where firefighters face 'pack of wolves' GMP says it received reports of a large group of young people lighting a fire on waste ground at Vine Street and throwing fireworks and missiles, causing 'disorder and damage'. Firefighters were also targeted as they responded to the incident.
Another added: "They were at it from four o'clock. They barricaded the street off. I had to climb over pallets and boards to get home and wouldn't let cars through, hurling fireworks and wood and bricks at cars."
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