Entries from Northumberland communities - Ashington tagged with 'fire'
Ashington couple found dead after chip pan fire
A young Ashington couple were found dead in their home following a kitchen fire, just hours after they celebrated New Year's Eve together. Firefighters were called to the home in Ashington just after 8.30am yesterday, when a neighbour reported smoke....
Entries from Northumberland communities - Bellingham tagged with 'fire'
Bellingham farm in Christmas Day blaze
Firefighters were kept out for most of Christmas Day dealing with a big blaze in a hay shed. Six fire appliances were involved in tackling the fire at Longlea Farm, Bellingham, Northumberland, at its height. The alarm was raised shortly...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Seaton Delaval tagged with 'fire'
Pensioner hit by house blaze
A pensioner from Seaton Delaval is out of his home after an early-hours kitchen blaze. The 80-year-old man was treated by paramedics at the scene after the emergency services were called to his bungalow in Wheatridge, Seaton Delaval, shortly before...
Entries from Communities - Amersham & Little Chalfont tagged with 'fire'
Van fire on Stoney Lane
Firefighters were called to Stoney Lane, Little Chalfont, on Monday (Dec 8) to put out a van which was on fire. One fire engine atteneded at 8.45am from Amersham. Fire fighters used two hose reels to put out the fire....
Entries from Communities - Sunbury tagged with 'fire'
Alcoholic died after setting her clothes on fire
An alcoholic woman died in a house blaze in Sunbury after setting her clothes alight leaning over the hob as she lit a cigarette, an inquest heard. Margaret Jyssum's clothes could have been smouldering for up to 20 minutes before...
Entries from Communities - Egham tagged with 'fire'
Post destroyed by lorry fire
Thousands of pieces of post were destroyed when a Royal Mail lorry caught fire on the M25 on Wednesday (November 26) evening. The lorry, which was carrying about 75,000 mail items, caught fire at about 11.40pm when a tyre puncture...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Prudhoe tagged with 'fire'
Prudhoe tissue factory fire
A fire broke out in a Prudhoe tissue factory last night, causing an emergency response from across the district into the early hours of Monday. The Fire Brigade was alerted at 11.02pm to a fire in SCA Hygiene, Princess Way,...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Cramlington tagged with 'fire'
Cramlington fire finally out
A factory fire which started on Friday was put out last night. The blaze was at the headquarters of motor product supplier Randstad Ltd on the Nelson industrial estate in Cramlington. It took firefighters until 5.15pm yesterday to finally extinguish...
Cramlington firm vows to bounce back from fire
A family-run company whose premises were destroyed by fire last night promised to be back in business soon. Successful car parts supplier Randstad Ltd was dealt a huge blow when the fierce blaze gutted its warehouse, sales and office complex...
Fire destroyed family business
A family-run business was left in ruins after its warehouse containing about £2m worth of goods was gutted in a massive fire. Seven fire crews - one using an aerial ladder platform - tackled the fierce blaze which wrecked the...
Residents' thoughts with blaze employees
Cramlington residents are praying no one was injured in the Randstad car part distributors warehouse blaze that saw massive plumes of black smoke engulf large parts of the town and stretch as far as North Tyneside earlier this afternoon. Locals...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Hexham tagged with 'fire'
Chollerford house fire
A mum came home from the school run to find her house on fire. She had left clothes to dry in front of an old fashioned range at Waterside Mill House, Chollerford, near Hexham. But when she got home the...
Entries from Coventry Telegraph - CV6 tagged with 'fire'
Fireworks nightmare in Keresley
By Tina Junday Fire crews in Coventry and Warwickshire received 570 calls to deal with Bonfire Night incidents over just 48 hours. The West Midlands service, which covers Coventry, had 400 calls on Wednesday night and more than 100 on...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Cramlington tagged with 'fire'
Pigeon carnage averted
Dedicated fire crews prevented pigeon crees full of expensive racing pigeons being destroyed, when a shed caught fire on a Cramlington allotment at around 10pm last night. Two fire tenders rushed to the blaze at allotments close to Lanercost Nature...
Entries from Northumberland communities - Blyth tagged with 'fire'
Blyth pier hit in blaze after fireworks
A wooden pier at Blyth has been badly damaged after a fireworks display. The fire happened hours after crowds attending the Blyth In A New Light bonfire display had gone home. It is thought that boxes of explosives being stored...
Entries from Coventry Telegraph - CV3 tagged with 'fire'
Man rescued from Chace hostel fire
By Staff Reporter FIREFIGHTERS rescued a man from a blaze at a Coventry hostel on Monday night. The man was led to safety after a fire broke out on the second floor of a three-storey block of flats at the...
Small levels of asbestos spread in fire at old Peugeot headquarters
By Staff Reporter FIRE chiefs have confirmed that small levels of asbestos were spread throughout the derelict Aldermoor House during a fire at the old Peugeot headquarters nearly two weeks ago. West Midlands Fire Service spokesman Mike Fox said although...
Entries from Coventry Telegraph - CV6 tagged with 'fire'
Purcell Road blaze death 'not suspicious'
By Staff Reporter POLICE investigating a blaze in which a Coventry father died have said the incident is not being treated as suspicious. Fire ripped through the hallway and stairway of the terraced house in Purcell Road, Courthouse Green, shortly...
Entries from Coventry Telegraph - CV3 tagged with 'fire'
New blaze at Peugeot's former HQ in Stoke Aldermoor
By Emma Stone Crime Reporter FIRE CREWS were called to Peugeot's former administrative headquarters in Coventry yesterday for the second time in less than a week. Two fire engines were called to the site in Aldermoor Lane, Stoke Aldermoor, at...
Entries from Coventry Telegraph - CV6 tagged with 'fire'
Rescued man dies after house blaze in Purcell Road
By Emma Stone A COVENTRY father has died following a blaze at his city home. The man, who is believed to be in his 40s, was pronounced dead at University Hospital, Walsgrave, shortly after the fire at his terraced house...
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