In pictures: Historic Lewes bonfire night celebrations
Show all 12Around 30,000 people descended on East Sussex town – dubbed the bonfire capital of the world – for annual event.
Police arrested 14 people and 86 were injured as rival bonfire societies competed to put on the most dramatic display in the town of Lewes, East Sussex.
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