UK · 12 July 2026

Warren Lyttle dies after fall from east Belfast bonfire

Forty-year-old Warren Lyttle passed away on Saturday, a day after he sustained fatal injuries from a fall from the bonfire on an Eleventh Night in east Belfast on Friday evening. The incident is under police investigation, and notification has been sent to the Northern Ireland's Health and Safety Executive. Lyttle's family asked for the bonfire to be lit as planned, with a minute's silence held in his memory.

By BriefTea Editorial · 12 July 2026 at 10:22

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