Moment two firefighters fight with each other as their colleagues battle lorry blaze during Belfast riots

Published: 10:10, 11 June 2026 | Updated: 10:20, 11 June 2026 This is the moment two firefighters are caught fighting one another while their colleagues battle a blaze during the second night of trouble in Belfast.  Helicopter footage captured the two men - both clad in uniform - going head-to-head as smoke rises from a fire engine only meters away. The altercation appears to break out after one man shoves the other, leading the other to retaliate by thrusting him back. The camera then pans away from the firefighters - who are both dressed in uniform - to the surrounding scene of their colleagues attempting to extinguish the nearby smog. The men can then be seen at the rear of the fire engine still brawling, leading to one headbutting the other before a fellow firefighter intervenes to break up the clash. The altercation comes as rioting in Belfast continued into a second night following the the arrest of a Sudanese migrant over a brutal knife attack in the city on Monday evening.  Asylum seeker Hadi Alodi, 30, has been charged with attempted murder of Stephen Ogilvie, who lost his left eye and sustained deep cuts to his head, face and back during the alleged attack. Alodi, who appeared in at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, was also charged with threatening to kill an NHS radiographer on the same day and with possessing a knife.  Helicopter footage captured the two firefighters going head-to-head as smoke rises from a fire engine only meters away The altercation broke out out after one man shoves the other, leading the other to retaliate The men can be seen at the rear of the fire engine altercating, with one headbutting the other, before another man intervenes to separate them He did not enter a plea and refused legal representation using an Arabic interpreter. The attack, which occurred on Kinnaird Avenue in the Northern Irish capital, has led to consecutive nights of rioting that has seen homes torched, police officers injured and vehicles set on fire.  Anti-immigration rioters descended on Lendrick street - a Loyalist area in east Belfast - on Tuesday evening due to the high number of migrants living there in recent years.  Protestors, many hooded and masking their faces, ransacked homes and torched cars belonging to 'foreigners' - leaving families forced to flee or cower as the chaos took place.  At least three terraced houses were set alight and cars set ablaze. On Wednesday, violent clashes between the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and protestors took place, with officers in Glengormley spraying aggressors with water cannons and rubber bullets while coming under attack from hundreds of missiles and flaming hazards. Protesters torched a building and several vehicles in the same area, which was the main flashpoint of the evening. Trouble first flared when a crowd tried to march on the Chimney Corner Hotel, which houses asylum seekers, but met formations of police vehicles blocking off Antrim Road. Rioters began charging the police lines - forcing officers to shield behind their armoured Land Rovers. The rabble aimed traffic cones, wheelie bins, bricks, bottles and fireworks at police, using sledgehammers to arm themselves with debris from buildings and fences.  The comments below have not been moderated. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.