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23 Aug 2010

Piglets and sows die in Portland fire after heavy rain

Arson probe over Hertfordshire farm straw fire

Arson attack destroys caravan and damages Surrey home

Fire near cylinder prompts alert in Langley Mill

Police investigate Oldham Athletic Boundary Park fire

Crews tackle large factory fire in Kidderminster

Car hits house during heavy rain in Tetsworth

Part of cob-walled house collapses into Cornwall road

Teenager charged with bin fires arson in Bulwell

Woman injured as car overturns on A470 near Pontypridd

Heavy downpours lead to flooding in Bath

Isle of Man Fire Service open days draw crowds

Two bodies found at Barnstaple house after fire

Motorist crashes 30m down riverbank near Llanelli

Firefighter taken to hospital after Devizes pub fire

 

24 Aug 2010

Kent fire service warning on rubbish fires in Gravesend

Lorry driver cut free after crash at Newton Stewart

Kitchen fire shuts Culloden Academy

Fire destroys part of farmhouse near Dorchester

Blackburn homes evacuated over blast danger

Flower shop fire closes main road in Stoke-on-Trent

Nepal tourist plane crash kills all 14 on board

 

25 Aug 2010

Passengers walk off burning Newcastle-under-Lyme bus

Call to scrap south-west regional fire control centre

Three arrested after fire at Littlehampton factory

Essex Fire Service cuts survey gets 1, 000 replies

Haverfordwest house fire spreads to two other homes

Man dies in hospital after fire in Luton bedsit

South Africa bus collides with train killing children

Police pull man out of River Dee in Llangollen

One person injured in Cornwall house fire

Man injured in Edinburgh flat fire

Crackdown on straw stack arsons in Cambridgeshire

 

26 Aug 2010

Smoke alarm alerts woman, child about Abergele fire

Fire in block of flats in Whitchurch was arson

South Yorkshire fire engines 'not wanted' despite refit

Fire union call to scrap South West fire control centre

Man is trapped under fallen tree in Somerset

One person trapped in A96 crash near Aberdeen Airport

Girl, 12, impales foot on railings in Wirral

Search after man's leap from Swansea bridge

Firefighters tackle factory chemical leak in Livingston

Flooding hits south Wales after torrential rain

Heavy rain and strong winds hit Devon and Cornwall

Fire service revamp costing taxpayers millions

 

27 Aug 2010

Suspected arson attack on a Strabane farm

Lancashire mill fire 'a second arson attack'

Portsmouth pensioner rescued from chip pan fire

M5 carriageway reopens after crash in Devon

 

28 Aug 2010

Pub destroyed in Dumfries blaze

House crash destroys three homes in Higham Ferrers

Hospital evacuated after fire in Coventry

Hundreds of piglets die in fire at Lincolnshire farm

Man hurt in caravan arson attacks in Telford

 

29 Aug 2010

One dead and six hurt after Fife road crash

Piddlehinton man found dead after fire at garage

Broken leg man rescued from Basingstoke Aquadrome flume

Stag party in Bristol hotel lift rescue

Two men due in court charged with arson offences

London Fire Brigade rescue two from Harrow flat fire

Family escapes wheelie bin fire in Nottinghamshire

 

30 Aug 2010

Man arrested after arson attacks in Telford

Peterlee cricket club hit by arsonists

Appeal following suspicious Lyme Regis house fire

Primary in Fife closed until further notice after fire

Women arrested after men's fire escape in Cheadle

Fire destroys cars at Stansted Airport car park

Tidmington House damaged by fire

Man rescued from river after falling off Devon bridge

Russia care home blaze kills nine

 

31 Aug 2010

Thousands want Shanklin fire station saved

Fire destroys motor repair yard on Isle of Man farm

'Mine shaft' opens under toddler in Derbyshire garden

Straw and hay destroyed in Dorset barn arson

Investigation after three fires in Derby

Crews rescue boy impaled on fence at Beaumaris

Buses burst into flames at Bath bus depot

Fire breaks out at plastic recycling plant in Bolton

Fire put out at disused flour mill on Tyneside

Two die after car's lake plunge in Ceredigion

 

1 Sep 2010

Car crash traps two people in ditch in Thorney

Ferrari recalls Italia cars after reports of fires

Arsonists behind two Northumberland farm fires

Paraglider crashes into Torquay BMX track

Meeting over West Sussex fire station plans

Women rescued from Addlestone blaze by off-duty firemen

Man arrested following Hove flat fire

Two men treated after Durham paint chemical spill

Houghton homes cleared over gas fears after fire

Four killed in Papua New Guinea air crash

 

2 Sep 2010

Chemical spill shuts road in Thanet

Crews tackle fire on protected Thorne Moors

Fitness challenge to Highlands and Islands fire service

Five children taken to hospital after fire in Liverpool

False alarms cost fire service £235, 000

Sun on mirror sets fire to cottage in Bolney

Fire crews put out St Clears farm grain blaze

Elderly woman rescued from Oxford flat fire

Cornwall yachts gutted in Penryn boatyard blaze

Exclusion zone over Carlisle workshop fire

 

3 Sep 2010

Strong earthquake rocks New Zealand's South Island

Cargo plane crashes near Dubai motorway killing two

Explosion at Hare Krishna temple in Leicester

Crews tackle Withybrook barn fire for second night

Person injured in Peterborough gas explosion

Vehicle leaking gas at hospital car park

Berkshire fire service considering control room merger

Gravesend flat fire treated as arson by Kent crews

Man hurt in Gedling hot tub crane collapse

Russia suffers new forest fire outbreak

Shropshire Fire service targets Telford bin arsonists

 

 

4 Sep 2010

Two killed in air race collision on Isle of Wight

London bendy bus catches fire outside Victoria station

Trapped horse cut free from cab on A23 near Bolney

Firefighters tackle thatched-roof fire for eight hours

Pregnant woman rescued from Dorset kitchen fire

Nine dead in New Zealand skydive plane crash

Gorse fire at Bloody Bridge in Newcastle, County Down

Leeds gas mains fire: homes evacuated

Passengers flee double-decker bus fire near Andover

 

5 Sep 2010

Ladder climb in memory of Wragby fireman

Woman rescued from Fishermead house fire

Two women escape from house set on fire in Bolton

Elderly woman rescued from Essex fire

Barbados armed robbers set shop ablaze, killing six