Whilst maintenance work was being conducted on one of the UK’s nuclear submarines in Devonport dockyard a fire started which caused the boat to be evacuated. The Royal Navy reported that a fire started after welding work was being completes on the outside of the Trafalgar class submarine and around 55 people had to be […]
Gas Cylinder Fire at Market Drayton
April 22, 2013 by
A 200 meter exclusion zone has been set up around the Adderley Road Industrial Estate after a fire broke out involving gas cylinders stored at the site. Nearby businesses have now been evacuated from the Shropshire industrial park as a safety precaution in case the cylinders explode. The Shropshire Fire Service has reported that three fire […]
Huge Blast At Waco Fertiliser Plant
April 18, 2013 by
A massive explosion has rocked a fertiliser plant in Waco, Texas killing an unknown number of people and injuring countless others. The fire is still raging and many buildings as well as homes have been destroyed in the blast and following fires which were described to be like a nuclear bomb going off. Many people […]
Woman Dead In Springfield House Fire
April 17, 2013 by
A house fire that started around 5am today in Cateswell Road, Springfield near Birmingham has sadly claimed the life of a woman and injured five other people. The blaze is reported to have spread quickly through the house as fire fighters were alerted and rushed to the scene of the incident. The woman is believed […]
52 Pets Rescued from House Fire
April 15, 2013 by
A fire broke out in the kitchen of a house in Plymouth on Sunday at around 4.30pm and the fire service was alerted. The house is located on Fullarton Road and when the fire brigade arrived they rescued three people as well as 52 pets from the burning property. The elderly couple who lived there […]
Reptiles Die In Five Sisters Zoo Fire
April 14, 2013 by
A fire which broke out at a zoo in West Lothian has been reported as killing a large number of the reptiles housed there. Five Sisters Zoo in Polbeth, West Calder had a fire break out at around 3.50am today in the reptile house and the Scottish Fire and Rescue service attend the scene quickly, […]
People Missing After East London House Fire
April 13, 2013 by
After a house fire in east London two people have been taken to hospital and a further four people are reported as missing. The fire broke out at a property in Romford Road, Forest Gate and fire fighters rescued one of the occupants from the roof whilst another man escaped before the emergency services arrived […]
Burslem Mattress Fire Started Deliberately
April 11, 2013 by
The Staffordshire Fire and Rescue Service was called out to a blaze involving 250 mattresses at a furniture store on Moorland Road in Burslem this morning at 4.30am. They believe the fire was started deliberately. The mattresses were stacked up in a yard which is next to a UK Clearing House warehouse in Stoke-on-Trent and […]
Bird Sanctury Damaged By Fire
April 10, 2013 by
Siddock Ponds nature reserve in Cumbria has been severely damaged by fire and it is feared that up to a third of it may have been destroyed in the blaze. The nature reserve which is situated on the outskirts of Workington is home to many different breeds of birds and is an area that is […]
Second Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Case On Lake Windermere
April 8, 2013 by
It has been only a week since the tragic deaths of Kelly Webster and her 10 year old daughter Lauren Thornton from carbon monoxide poisoning whilst holidaying on a boat on Lake Windermere. It has emerged that another family were taken to hospital on Saturday night with suspected carbon monoxide poisoning whilst staying on a […]
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