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Hundreds of cable rollers used in Belfast are stored for use in the eleventh night fire, pushing concerns about toxic fumes.
Parties – also known as drums – made of wood, but many of those currently stored in the south of the city have plastic wrap and materials including slices of Muslim foam inward.
Parties are kept on Hope Street Bonfire in Sandy Row, and on another near.
Hundreds of wooden platforms are also stored in the locations before they are stacked in a fire to light the night of July 11, which represents the beginning of the twelfth celebrations.
The controversial Hop Street website is owned by the Executive Director of Housing in Northern Ireland (NIHE).
In 2017, the residents were evacuated from a nearby residential bloc.
NIHE plans to redevelop the site for new homes after a general advice.
A quantity of rollers are also stored in Bonfire on Konot Street in the loyal village area.
Fire on this site in previous years has added heat protectors to a digital screen for drivers on the M1 highway, which is only a yard from the site, in order to prevent damage.
Most of the rollers have been manufactured in Egypt and sold with a cable to an industrial resource in Belfast.
When contacting it by Irish News, a spokesman for the supplier said he is selling thousands of cable rollers to wholesalers and contractors all over Northern Ireland, and re -use them when they are returned.
Cable rollers have appeared before in the eleventh night fire, but it is believed that storing these large quantities is rare.
Gary Mckeown Local Adviser, Gary Mckeown, warned against burning “dangerous materials” on Pyres.
“People have the right to celebrate their culture, but this must be done in a respectable and safe way and do not pose a threat to the environment or nearby societies,” said CLR MCKEOWN, which represents the vegetable Dea.
While the amount of dangerous materials seen on fire has decreased significantly in recent years, we often still see things that rise in fire that should not be anywhere near fire.
“Some people may view the burning such as this as one of the misleading challenges, but the close people who were directly affected and they are victims of poisonous fumes and the damage to their homes.”
He added: “I would like to see greater moves towards more sustainable alternatives such as beacons that allow societies to celebrate the event in a way that does not endanger people.”
A spokesman for the Housing Executive, the Irish News newspaper, said:
“We will continue to monitor the situation on Hope Street.
“When dealing with the materials placed on our land for fire, we are working with all relevant agencies and elected representatives and society and taking steps to reduce any risks, as much as we can reasonably, including providing protection for the property adjacent to launch.
This is the case on Hope Street.
“We welcome and support local communities that have moved towards providing environmentally friendly beacons this summer.”
His spokesman said that after the general advice that was launched in 2023, “the market participation was exercised at the beginning of May and we hope to issue a general tender for this fall.”