With 'Angel's Night' over, Detroit Firefighters Focus on Kids

  • Source: Firehouse
  • Published: 11/03/2017 12:00 AM

For decades, the sights and sounds in Detroit around Halloween were not those of costumed children frolicking in the streets as they went door-to-door seeking sweets from neighbors. The view in the Motor City consisted mainly of flames, the sounds were that of blaring fire apparatus sirens and the smells those of soot and ash. All of that has changed drastically in the last two decades, so much so that the dreaded name "Devil's Night" -- changed to "Angel's Night" by the city in 1997 -- has begun fading into Detroit legend.



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