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Warehouse fire still burning

Two killed in California fires

Mexico minister killed in plane crash

 

Old school building goes on fire

 

Fires force thousands to flee

 

19 Nov 2008

 

Fire rescue man, 70, badly hurt

A 70-year-old man is in a specialist burns unit after being rescued from a house fire in a West Yorkshire town.

Fire boss quits over porn arrest

The chief officer of West Midlands Fire Service resigns after his arrest in a child pornography inquiry.

Bogus callers pose as fire crews

Bogus callers claiming to be firefighters and asking for cash prompt a warning from Surrey Police.

Plane lands with cracked window

A passenger plane en route to Birmingham Airport makes an emergency landing after a crack is found in a side window.

Inquiry follows fatal fire delay

An inquiry is launched after a fire crew was delayed reaching a blaze in which a pensioner died.

Fish factory evacuated in blaze

A fish factory in Cumbria is cleared of workers when fire breaks out in an oven.

Driver, 81, hurt in ditch crash

An 81-year-old driver and his passenger are injured after a car leaves the A45 road in Northamptonshire.

Blaze at former pottery factory

Thirty firefighters tackle a blaze at the disused Aynsley China factory in Stoke-On-Trent.

Fifteen crews tackle house fire

Fifteen fire crews are called to a burning house in east Devon and water pumped to the scene from two miles away.

Fire chiefs' warning after deaths

The public are urged to ensure they have working smoke alarms at home after four people die in house fires over six days.

Family suffers gas fume poisoning

A Derby family say they are lucky to survive after high levels of carbon monoxide leak into their flat.

20 Nov 2008

 

DIY store building gutted by fire

A DIY business in Hertfordshire is destroyed by flames despite the efforts of 80 firefighters.

Fire breaks out at Berlin airport

A fire breaks out at Berlin's Tegel airport, forcing the authorities to divert flights from the German capital, officials say.

Crews in tumble dryer fire rescue

One person is rescued from a four-storey building in Cornwall after a fire broke out because of a tumble dryer.

Electric fire caused fatal blaze

Police say an investigation has shown an elderly man died was started by a fire inadvertently left on in the bedroom

Officials blamed for Brazil crash

Ten Brazilian government and airline officials are blamed for the country's worst air crash, in an official report.

21 Nov 2008

 

Man found dead after flat blaze

Firefighters find the body of a man as they try to put out a blaze at a flat in Bradford.

Fire crews decontaminate children

Children at a Gateshead school are decontaminated after they are exposed to a dangerous chemical.

House broken into and set on fire

A house in Clough, County Antrim, has been broken into and set on fire.

Police probe BNP link to car fire

A suspected arson attack on a car in West Yorkshire may be linked to the publication of BNP members' addresses, police say.