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Fire Service related news which will be kept for one month

4 Dec 2008

Firefighter dies on night shift

£1m fire engines are 'too heavy'

Fire crews tackle classroom blaze

Woman, 52, dies in fire at flat

 

 

5 Dec 2008

Body is found after storage fire

Crews extinguish industrial blaze

Teen's arrest after crash deaths

Workmen shut down fire service HQ

Woman dies in head-on collision

Three injured in electrical blast

Man injured in explosion on canal

Arson attack at law firm offices

Car abandoned after hitting house

 

 

6 Dec 2008

Hotel evacuated after roof fire

Candle may have started flat fire

Eleven people rescued from lift

Two pupils injured in bus crash

Primary school destroyed by fire

Machinery destroyed in plant fire

 

7 Dec 2008

Body found following house blaze

Man held after fire engine crash

Fire crews tackle stolen car fire

Baby hurt as ambulance overturns

Family's 'lucky escape' from fire

Elderly man dies in house blaze

Livestock rescued from barn fire

 

8 Dec 2008

Elderly man dies after flat fire

Passenger burned in train attack

Dogs used in fire investigation

Roads closed after chemical spill

Woman rescued in 14th floor blaze

Thirty firefighters tackle blaze

Man quizzed on fire at apartments

Fire crews tackle building blaze

Horses killed in outbuilding fire

 

9 Dec 2008

Blaze leads to station closure

Fire kills 30 lemurs at sanctuary

Man arrested after arson attacks

India bus fire 'leaves 15 dead'

Woman, 90, killed in house fire

Family rescued as lorry hits home

Shed is destroyed in arson attack

Factory blaze led to rail delays

Deadly blazes rage in Cape Town

Firefighters tackle factory blaze

Man in hospital after car crash

Engine fire breaks out on ferry

Crews at derelict building blaze

Three dead in San Diego jet crash

In pictures: San Diego jet crash

Fire crews tackle factory blaze

 

10 Dec 2008

Fire breaks out at power station

Police alert over suspicious find

Car on fire in city multi-storey

Acid incident closes trunk road

Drinkers warned over house fires

Mice 'scare' fireman from station

Flashing Santa hat catches fire

Arson suspected after three fires

Trio hospitalised after collision

Man left critical by house fire

 

11 Dec 2008

Ex-nightclub building collapses

Firefighters tackle church blaze

Warning over fancy dress costumes

Teenager rescued from house fire

Four killed as car hits takeaway

Power station evacuated in blaze

Firefighters tackle severe blaze

 

12 Dec 2008

Homes gutted by wood-burner fire

Firefighters called to city flat

Recycling plant fire breaks out

Estate arson attack investigated

Firefighter hurt tackling blaze

Goats perish as fire engulfs pen

Man thrown through store window

M6 motorway closed after pile-up

Nine dead in Russian mine blast

Children die in Nepal bus crash

Firefighters tackle church blaze

 

13 Dec 2008

Firefighters tackle cinema blaze

Fire tears through laundry site

Houses flooded after heavy rain

Thirty people rescued from floods

Flash floods hit homes and roads

Flood water hits west Wiltshire

Shopping centre hit by flooding

Flats evacuated by firefighters

Thirty people rescued from floods

Three seriously injured in crash

Fire teams still at compost site

Teenage girl dies in house fire

Cars left trapped in flash floods

Flash flooding affects South West

Supermarket gutted by huge fire

Former nightclub blaze is tackled

 

 

14 Dec 2008

Woman, 85, dies in fire at flat

Ten people treated in 'gas leak'

Fire crews battle clogged streets

Four rescued from submerged cars

'47 killed' in Egypt bus plunge

Residents moved from flooded home

Fire crews tackle pizza firm fire

Ice storm cripples north-east US

Death leads to 999 improvements

 

15 Dec 2008

Fire breaks out in football club

Fire stations to get extra cash

Additional money for fire brigade

House damaged in 'arson attack'

Israel fire chief 'ran brothel'

Lorry driver crushed by coal dies

Trap-door rescue from bell tower

Man 'critical' after flat blaze

Family's lucky escape from fumes

Man impaled on railings rescued

Cars destroyed during garage fire

Crews fight fire at seaside hotel

 

16 Dec 2008

Teenager killed in tanker crash

Overheated TV fire destroys house

Traffic delays as lorry overturns

Homes cleared as garage explodes

Restaurant fire shuts town centre

Baby rescued from city flat fire

 

17 Dec 2008

Israel probes horrific bus crash

Plans to reduce firefighter posts

'Arson attack' on DUP councillor

U-turn over chip pan fire advice

Fire petition given to Holyrood

Distressed cats rescued from fire

Crews tackle large factory fire

Blaze tackled at town nightclub

Fire to delay rush hour motorists

Fire crews warn of risks in carol

Fire services urged to save money

 

18 Dec 2008

Hamsters and snails die in fire

Man killed in warehouse accident

Fire fears over farm diesel store

Evacuation after 'large' gas leak

Ten people rescued from flat fire

 

 

19 Dec 2008

Travellers evacuated after fire

Twelve firefighter positions cut

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Elderly woman dies in house fire

Torrential rain causes flooding

Person dies in island house fire

Body found in ashes of shed fire

Person dies in island house fire

New fire stations plans move on

Train hits 'runaway' car on line

 

20 Dec 2008

Electric fire accident killed man

Three escape injury in collision

Blaze completely destroys house

Elderly woman dies in road crash

Accident partially shuts motorway

Probes under way into city fires

Investigation following pub fire

Search after man jumps in river

Man's body found after flat fire

 

21 Dec 2008

Dozens evacuated in village fire

Man, 22, killed in pub wall crash

New fire station plans unveiled

Warning following chimney fires

Thatch fire badly damages cottage

Arson theory over fire at college

Two people hurt in flat explosion

Two men killed in car collision

Smoke alarm warning after deaths

Two people die in bungalow fire

Injuries as US jet leaves runway

 

22 Dec 2008

Dead woman found by firefighters

College fire was 'tackled early'

Quarry water could quell tip fire

30 firefighters tackle farm blaze

Fire in row of thatched cottages

Three rescued from fire at flat

Explosion after gas main ruptured

Two men killed in car collision

Fire shift change sparks protest

Petrol station blaze 'suspicious'

 

23 Dec 2008

Two dead following blaze at house

Scrap yard fire closes major road

Two in hospital after house fire

New interim fire chief is named

Flood traps motorists in Maryland

Dozens trapped on Singapore wheel

War memorial wreaths set on fire

Roads are closed after house fire

Fire damages Rangers chief's home

Caravan park fire is investigated

Site blaze smoke engulfed village

Pub damaged in fire bomb attack

Investigation into speedboat fire

Fire station consultation to end

Investigation into townhouse fire

 

25 Dec 2008

Marshall atolls declare emergency

Ukraine building blast kills 19

 

24 Dec 2008

Homes evacuated in electric fire

Woman is burned in petrol attack

Shopping centre evacuated in fire

Suspected arson attack at store

Fire burns down 600-year-old inn

 

26 Dec 2008

Methodist church damaged in fire

Row of parked cars set alight

Warning after candle left alight

Firefighters attacked with stones

Man seriously hurt in flat fire

Five escape from blaze in house

Probe begins into fatal farm fire

Toll rises in 'Santa' LA shooting

Impaled driver 'critically ill'

 

27 Dec 2008

Missing horse rescued from well

Festive goat up in flames again

Woman dies after blaze at bedsit

Man is rescued from a house fire

Man and woman critical after fire

Pair rescued from fire at flats

Man, 41, escapes from flat fire

Tyre fire could carry on for days

Man rescued from ship shaft fall

Dozens killed in China accidents

Dog and fox trapped in water pipe

 

28 Dec 2008

Properties gutted in severe fire

Two killed in two-car collision

M5 shut after LPG Land Rover fire

'Ridiculous' 999 calls revealed

Fire service to get £1.4m boost

Fire crews tackle blaze in flats

Hotel with chimney fire evacuated

Three hurt in two-vehicle crash

Fire crews tackle blaze in flats

Derelict hotel damaged in blaze

Bangladesh road crash 'kills 24'

Workshop fire leads to evacuation

 

29 Dec 2008

Fifty firefighters at house blaze

Firebomb leaves families homeless

Road closed after chemical spill

Fireman ignores retirement date

Crews tackle 24 car fires in city

Man dies in arson attack on house

Fire crews rescue 14 from blaze

Prison fire under investigation

Chimney clean plea after 10 fires

Tonnes of hay destroyed in blaze

Two teenagers killed in car crash

Two people are rescued from fire

Man killed jumping from flat fire

 

30 Dec 2008

Elderly man dies in bungalow fire

Motorists warned over icy roads

Arson blamed for mountain blaze

Ready fire control centres unused

Two killed, three hurt in fires

Firefighters seek scrapped cars

 

31 Dec 2008

'Dozens die' in Bangkok nightclub

Person rescued from bungalow fire

Toddler released from toy tipper

Four hurt as bus hits low bridge

Bomb blast targets Basque TV site

Safety warning over kitchen fires

Fire service to welcome new boss

Four coaches destroyed in fire

Four injured as car catches fire

Two rescued from fire in bungalow

Several hurt in 20-car collision

Fire dog investigates 100th blaze

Fire deaths lead to safety plea

Staff rescued from factory blaze

 

1 Jan 2009

Fire crews tackle blaze at mill

Homes evacuated after gas blaze

Man, 55, dies after fire at house

Club evacuated as fire breaks out

Vandals target ambulance on call

Fireworks cause fire at nightclub

Nightclub evacuated after fire

Couple are killed in house blaze

Woman seriously hurt in car crash

House fire 'started on purpose'

Dogs killed in outbuilding fire

Revellers call brigade to blaze

Elderly woman dies in house fire

 

2 Jan 2009

Several affected by toxic cloud

Arson attacks 'could be linked'

Fatal crash plane hits rail line

Man dies in 'chip pan' house fire

Bar badly damaged following fire

Elderly woman dies in house fire

Owners return to find home alight

Fire causes severe damage to pub

 

 

3 Jan 2009

Hay shed fire 'suspected arson'

Six rescued from fishing vessel

Elderly man dies in bungalow fire

Fire breaks out on fishing vessel

Murder probe as two die in fire

Man dies following kitchen fire