Basement Fire Claims Mans Life

After what has been described as a severe fire at a basement flat in Oxfordshire a man has died. The fire began around 10.30pm on wednesday and fire crews rushed to the scene to extinguish it. Unfortunately the man died shortly after. The man has yet to be identified and an investigation is now underway […]

Unexplained Fire Death in Norfolk

The police in Norfolk are now investigating the death of an elderly gentleman in a house fire in North Norfolk. The house was located in The Street, upper Sheringham and the man is belived to be in his 70’s. The fire began monday morning and fire crews rushed to the scene after the alarm was […]

Kitchen Fire Couple Rescued

A flat in Dorset was the scene of a fire after it broke out in the kitchen of the property around 11.42pm. Fire fighters who attended the incident successfully managed to rescue a man and a woman from the burning flat. The fire is said to have started after a plastic container near the cooker […]

TV Causes Home Fire in Shrewsbury

A home in Shrewsbury caught alight after a fire started in a television set in the property. The occupents needed medical attention after fire crews attended the scene. The fire broke out in a bedroom around 8am on Loton Butts, Monkmoor. One of the occupants was taken to hospital suffering from smoke inhalation whilst the […]

Speed Camera Arson Attack

A member of the public called the emergency services in Devon after seeing a speed camera on fire on the A386 near Harrabridge around 1am. The police are treating the attack on the speed camera as a deliberate case of arson. The suspicious fire was tackled by fire crews from Yelverton and they used a […]

Bomb Alert Evacuates Fire Station

At around 11pm last night the fire and rescue emergency services received a phone call which related to a bomb alert on Ormeau Avenue. The central fire station in Belfast was then evacuated as the army was alerted and called to the scene. They then conducted a controlled explosion in close proximity to the building. […]

Animals Die in Fire

A fire has broken out at a pet breeding farm which is thought to have claimed the lives of around 1000 guinea pigs. The fire in Little Cholwell, Dippertown started around midnight and fire fighters from Devon and Cornwall rushed to the scene along with local police officers. Several sheds which are used to huse […]

Birkenhead Factory Fire

Over 25 fire fighting crews from Merseyside have been called to a blaze at a factory in the Wirral. The fire started on New Chester Road, Birkenhead close to the local Cammell Lairds shipyard on monday night. The huge inferno set alight to several warehouses in the area as well factory units close by. Due […]

21 Year Old Woman Killed in Fire

After a house fire in Manchester the life of a 21 year old woman has tragically been lost according to reports from the fire service. The house is located in a terrace on Livesey Street, Collyhurst and reports indicate the fire started in the kitchen of the womans home. Brave fire crews broke into the […]

Shop Fire – Ten Rescued

After a fire erupted in a shop in Newry the fire service succesfully managed to rescue ten people from a block of flats above. By the time the fire crews arrived at the scene of the fire it was already well established in Corn Market, newry. As fire brigade personaell arrived six people had managed […]