25/07 13:15, BBC
Reprieve for four fire stations
Firefighters lobbied the authority meeting at fire service HQ in HessleFour fire stations threatened with closure in East Yorkshire and North East Lincolnshire have been given a reprieve by...
25/07 13:09, Sheffield Star
Barbecue blaze girl dies
A six-year-old Wigan girl who became engulfed in flames when her dress caught fire from a barbecue has died in hospital, it was revealed. Shannon Davies suffered 60% burns to her body when it is believed she got too close to the disposable barbecue set and her nylon outfit was set...
25/07 12:35, Oxford Times
Arson inquiry into house blaze
Police are treating a fire at a home in Oxford this morning as suspicious. Fire crews were called to tackle a blaze in an annexe of a house Holley Crescent, Headington, at about...
25/07 12:12, Skelmersdale Advertiser
Roads shut after Skelmersdale fire - ...
y Gary Stewart SEVERAL roads and businesses have been closed in Skelmersdale in the wake of an industrial fire as firefighters fear gas canisters could...
25/07 06:54, Clitheroe Advertiser & Times
Boy, 4, dials 999 amid house blaze
An investigation has been launched after a four-year-old boy dialled 999 when a fire broke out at his Liverpool home. No-one was injured but police confirmed they are looking into the call and whether anyone else was in the building at the...
25/07 05:37, The Press and Journal
Drivers warned to stop at fire statio...
Published: Grampian Fire and Rescue Service yesterday hit out at motorists who fail to stop at warning lights outside fire stations. It follows a number of recent near misses involving motorists and fire...
25/07 04:19, Teletext
Crews fight warehouse blaze
Firefighters have successfully evacuated the area around a warehouse after a large blaze broke out. Seventy firefighters and a dozen fire engines attended the scene in Saxby Road, Melton Mowbray, said a spokesman for Leicestershire Fire and...
24/07 10:10, PA Group
Talks held over firefighter
Talks are being held in a bid to prevent strike action over a firefighter who was sacked amid claims he was overweight. Representatives of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) Scotland and Grampian Fire and Rescue Service will meet with mediator Acas in Aberdeen to discuss the dispute over...
24/07 09:20, This is London
Joyrider aged just SEVEN freed from f...
David Johnson thought he had all the angles covered when he sneaked out for a spin in his mother's car. It was the middle of the night, everyone was asleep, and it was dark...
24/07 09:20, Wiltshire Gazette & Herald
Householder burnt in blaze
One person was taken to hospital with burns following a house fire in Wootton Bassett Road, Swindon this morning. Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Service was called to the mid-terraced property at 7am to deal with a fire in the first floor attic...
24/07 08:26, This is Hampshire
Fire near Wickham
MORE than 30 firefighters tackled a blaze at a derelict property in Mislingford, near Wickham in the early hours of this morning (Thursday, July 24). They were called at...
24/07 07:37, Oldham Chronicle
Teens drown in reservoir
TWO teenagers have drowned in a reservoir on the Oldham and Ashton...
23/07 10:25, Bedfordshire on Sunday
Teenage girl cut free from railing
A teenager was left with a serious leg injury after becoming impaled on metal railing. The girl, believed to be 15-years-old, was trying to get over a metal fence in Sandy on Saturday evening when she fell on to the six foot...
23/07 08:30, Sheffield Star
Flat vandals 'put lives at risk'
Firefighters have criticised vandals who put lives at risk by damaging water access points in a multi-storey building. Five fire appliances went to the block of flats in Pinkston Drive, Glasgow, after reports of a fire just before 9pm on...
23/07 08:30, BBC
Firefighters tackle timber blaze
More than 500 tonnes of timber is on fire at a recycling centre in Greater Manchester. About 20 firefighters are tackling the blaze at Hooley Bridge in the Heywood area, which started in the early hours of...
22/07 09:24, PA Group
Firefighters pelted with bricks
A gang of youths pelted firefighters with bricks after they were called out to a blaze. An engine and five firefighters went out to the rubbish fire in Dumbarton at...
22/07 09:09, Leamington Observer
Homes devastated in raging fire
RESIDENTS had to be evacuated after a raging fire which started in a garden shed devastated their Leamington homes. Emergency services were called to the junction of Tachbrook Road and Windmill Road in Leamington at around noon on Friday (July 18).
22/07 08:31, BBC
Cylinders explode in factory fire
The fire generated a large amount of smoke (picture by Stuart Bradley)About 200 people spent the night away from their homes after a large fire at a palette factory in...
22/07 08:29, Chorley Citizen
Chorley firefighter 'critical' follow...
Comments (0) Have your say Â' Hero firefighter Steven Morris, from Chorley, lies critically ill in hospital after putting his life on the line in a bid to rescue a grandmother from her...
22/07 03:55, The Scotsman
Caver overcome by mine gas fumes dies...
A CAVER who was rescued from a disused mine has died in hospital, it was revealed yesterday. Peter Ireson, 37, was overcome by gas in the mine shaft at the Wisp in the Newcraighall area of...
22/07 03:41, The Press and Journal
Fresh calls for dualling of A9 after ...
Published: GRIM AFTERMATH: The scene of the fatal accident that claimed two lives at the weekend. Gordon Lennox Chief Insp Donald Henderson The grim toll of fatalities on the A9 Perth-Thurso road rose to six in as many weeks following the deaths of a father and his daughter in a crash at the...
22/07 02:59, Chorley Citizen
National role for Lancashire's fire boss
Comments (0) Have your say Â' LANCASHIREâ S fire service boss is set to become presid-ent of the Chief Fire Officersâ Association. Peter Holland, chief fire officer for the county since 1999, has been voted in by members to become the new vice-president elect â leading directly to the full...
21/07 11:32, BBC
Dual-crew move could begin early
Under fire service plans aerial platforms will not be specially crewedThe introduction of dual-crewing for the aerial platform at a north Devon fire station could be brought...
21/07 11:05, Swindon Advertiser
Fury as more cars torched
NEIGHBOURS living in a leafy Old Town Street have called for Big Brother to watch over them after a car was torched by arsonists. A silver Citroen Zara was set alight in Quarry Road at about 4am yesterday - the fourth time cars have been targeted in recent...
21/07 09:04, Central Somerset Gazette
Police chief slams utility giants ove...
Gloucestershire chief constable Dr Tim Brain has criticised the county's utility giants for not installing permanent protection at their sites in the intervening 12 months since last summer's disastrous flooding...
21/07 08:21, This is Bath
MON 15.30: ARSON ATTACK ON PIG IN BATH
Vandals have launched an arson attack on one of Bath's army of pig sculptures. The woman behind the city's King Bladud's Pigs in Bath project said the attempt to torch the model was the worst in a series of incidents involving the temporary...
20/07 13:17, BBC
Sea Cadets boat destroyed in fire
A four-metre long glass fibre yacht belonging to the Sea Cadets in Bristol has been destroyed by fire. Firefighters were called to Cumberland Basin Road in the early hours of...
20/07 12:52, Bath Chronicle
Sat 13.35: A46 crash victim dies
A man seriously injured after his car was involved in a head-on collision on the A46 near Bath has died. The crash had left the 53-year-old trapped in the wreckage of his Mercedes SLK 230 car on a notorious stretch of road between Swainswick and Cold...
20/07 11:51, Devizes Gazette & Herald
Firefighters deal with caravan arson ...
FIREFIGHTERS had to deal with a suspected arson attack last night involving two caravans at a site in between Creech St Michael and Langaller, near...
19/07 14:13, Salisbury Journal
Homes evacuated at barbecue fire
PEOPLE had to be evacuated from their homes after a serious fire broke out at a barbecue in Amesbury last night. Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a gas barbecue on fire in the Pointers Way area just after...
19/07 12:58, BBC
Fire at workshop 'was accidental'
A fire brigade spokesman said firefighters faced a complex operation.A major fire that destroyed workshops in west Somerset started accidentally, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service...
19/07 11:31, Somerset County Gazette
Young child starts house fire with ci...
THE dangers of leaving cigarette lighters in reach of children was demonstrated last night when firefighters were called to a house fire in Holford Road,...
18/07 06:44, East Anglian Daily Times
New fire engine 'too heavy' for roads
A STATE-of-the-art fire engine unveiled in Suffolk only last week has been sent back to suppliers after it was found to be too heavy. The £400,000 turntable ladder was also found to be in danger of toppling over during tests at its base in Bury St...
18/07 03:28, Building
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17/07 08:57, Heartland Evening News
Danger cylinders warning from brigade
by CLAIRE HARRISON SERIOUS safety concerns have been raised about gas cylinders after a disaster was narrowly averted in Atherstone. After being forced to attend a spate of incidents, firefighters at Atherstone Fire Station are warning businesses to take extra care when storing LPG...
17/07 08:52, South Yorkshire Times
Firefighters tackle barn blaze
Nearby residents were advised to close their windows as thick smoke enveloped the area from around 8.20pm until the fire was extinguished some 12 hours...
17/07 03:38, Mid Sussex Today
Video: Lap dance club fire
The fire, which began at around 2am , ripped through the premises in the Martlets and also damaged the Pulse bar below. More than 100 firefighters and 18 appliances from Sussex and Surrey attended the...
16/07 18:22, Wiltshire Gazette and Herald
Two people trapped in car
TWO people were trapped in a car on the Swindon-Devizes road near Avebury this morning after a collision with a coal lorry. The crash happened on the A4361 between Avebury and Winterbourne...
16/07 09:12, IC South London
Strike fury over sacked firefighter
Firefighters have agreed to ballot for strike action after a colleague was sacked over claims he was overweight. Trade union officials have criticised the treatment of Kevin Ogilvie, who spent 22 years as a firefighter and is believed to be the first in Scotland to be dismissed due to his...
16/07 08:22, Reuters UK
Fires rage outside Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) - Hundreds of firefighters battled fires that raged along the outskirts of Athens on Wednesday, some started by gypsies burning for scrap, with the fronts threatening to cut off a major highway out of the...