A teenager was seriously injured after being hit in the face with a firework during a Bonfire Night of “devastation”.
The 14-year-old girl was taken to hospital for treatment to her eye after the accident in Manchester.
Greater Manchester fire crew said half its resources "were deployed at once" on Saturday night after youths threw fireworks at firefighters and cars were set alight.
Authorities said terrified people reported hundreds of incidents, with the fire crews receiving more than one call per minute.
A spokesman said: "In the most shocking incidents, firefighters came under fire themselves.
"In particular they withdrew from Orient Street in Salford when youths hurled fireworks at them as they tried to extinguish a fire in a suspected stolen car."
Councillor David Acton, chairman of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Authority, added: "It is unacceptable behaviour and those responsible should be ashamed."
The injured girl's condition has not been confirmed.
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