Update: A friend and fellow bonfire builder says organisers are 'completely heartbroken at the loss of our friend and brother'
Daniel Crawford, a close friend of Mr Steele and one of the bonfire organisers, was there when the incident happened.
On behalf of the organisers, he told BBC News NI: "We are all completely heartbroken at the loss of our friend and brother.Image source,Rev Ben Preston, of Craigy Hill Presbyterian Church, said he had been to the scene and spoke to Mr Steele's parents."No father, no mother wants see that for their son, for a child.
"There's a sense of stillness about. I walked to church this morning and we're just numb and in shock."Rev Preston says the community will gather round Mr Steele's family in the days ahead Rev Preston said it was difficult to see the incident unfold at a bonfire, "somewhere where there is celebration, families and communities gathered".Democratic Unionist Party MP for the area Sammy Wilson, who attended the scene on Saturday night, said the community was in shock."A young fella who lived in the area, he was a window cleaner in the area I was told by some people this morning and had been well known, going around the houses from he was a young boy.
UUP MLA John Stewart said the local community would "rally round to give the family as much support as possible".The Antiville Bonfire Facebook page paid tribute to the man as "a true Antivillian through and through, born and bred"."Our deepest and sincere condolences are sent from our hearts to his entire family circle at this heart-breaking time.
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