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More than 20 firefighters tackle recycling centre blaze
25 August 2024Six fire engines were sent to a large blaze at a waste recycling centre.
Shed and fencing destroyed by fire
25 August 2024A bonfire near a house got out of control last night, causing a shed and part of a fence to go up in flames.
18-week-long ‘essential’ works to replace dangerous hospital cladding starts
22 August 2024Essential building work has started to replace external cladding on an emergency department building at risk of “fire spread”.
Pub boss hits out at ‘mindless’ teens as beer garden goes up in flames
21 August 2024A pub boss says “mindless” teenagers could have killed someone after starting a fire that quickly spread through his beer garden.
Crews fight house fire overnight
20 August 2024Emergency crews have stayed overnight in a residential street to tackle a house fire.
‘Horrifying’ arson attack destroys school’s grounds as £2k raised
20 August 2024Pictures show the aftermath of a "horrifying" arson attack which decimated a primary school's grounds as a fundraising campaign is launched.
Five fire engines sent to field blaze
20 August 2024Fire crews battled flames in a field that is not far from three prisons.
Woman accused of arson and GBH after house fire
20 August 2024A 48-year-old is set to appear in court accused of arson, possessing a knife and causing GBH after emergency services were called to a house fire.
Derelict school goes up in flames again in ‘suspicious’ blaze
18 August 2024Arsonists are believed to be behind yet another fire at a derelict school, which has gone up in flames four times in less than a year.
Video shows crews battling fire at docks
18 August 2024Plumes of thick smoke could be seen coming from a business as fire crews battled a blaze.
‘Massive fireball’ engulfs derelict school
16 August 2024Firefighters were sent to fight a huge blaze at a former school site after residents reported seeing thick black smoke billowing into the air.
Club bosses to renovate venue after ‘devastating’ fire
16 August 2024Managers running a Royal British Legion Social Club say they are doing all they can to re-open the premises following after it was damaged by a fire.
Neighbourhood hit by three fires in three weeks as crews tackle nursery blaze
16 August 2024Police are investigating the third fire in three weeks in the same neighbourhood - with the latest at a nursery.
Dramatic photo shows graveyard engulfed in flames
16 August 2024Firefighters were called after a blaze was spotted in a church graveyard.
Fire at former library ‘suspicious’
16 August 2024A blaze at a derelict former library is being treated as “suspicious” just over a year after a suspected arson attack on the same building.
20 firefighters tackle blaze in field
15 August 2024Fire crews have been battling a field blaze after flames swept through crops.
Fire crews called to pizza takeaway blaze
14 August 2024Two fire engines were called to a town centre takeaway chain after a pizza oven caught fire and smoke was seen coming from the building.
Neighbours wake to ‘screaming’ as three taken to hospital after house fire
14 August 2024Residents woke to screaming as emergency services were called to a disturbance and house fire which saw three people taken to hospital.
Campers jump to the rescue to put out grass fire
13 August 2024Quick-thinking campers rushed to put out a fire when part of an undergrowth caught alight at a Kent coast.
Much-loved busker killed in house fire started by e-scooter
12 August 2024A well-known musician described as an “amazing character” was killed in a house fire started by an e-scooter.
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