All news on the topic: Fire Service

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Man dies after 'setting himself on fire on train station platform'
Officers were called to Church and Oswaldtwistle Station in Lancashire just before 6.30am today to reports a man was on fire
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Huge shop explosion sees fireball erupt as firefighters take cover from blaze
Emergency services, including fire and police, are currently at the scene of a fire at Cordners shoe shop at Conway Square, in Newtownards, Northern Ireland
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Forest Gate Police Station fire goes on as Sadiq Khan issues urgent statement
Forest Gate Police Station is currently on fire with around 100 firefighters called to the scene – local residents have been warned to keep all windows closed amid concerns over smoke
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Huge fire near football stadium hours before kickoff as smoke seen miles away
Footage recorded across Southampton shows a huge smoke plume billowing into the sky from an area close to St Mary's football stadium on Britannia Road - with the former Greenhams building ablaze
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Mum tells how she lost breasts as she 'went up in flames' as son aged 4 watched
Chassidy Taylor, 33, from South Carolina, and her son Chandler decided to start a bonfire to burn some rubbish as her husband was at work and she was trying to find things to keep them occupied
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Body of boy, 5, found cuddling pet as he dies alongside dad and nan in fire
Police have confirmed the body of a five-year-old boy was found cuddling a pet after a blaze at a 24-storey building in Villajoyosa, Spain, during the early hours of Monday
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Residents urged to close windows and doors in chemical leak lockdown
Emergency services have rushed to an industrial area in Manchester following reports of a chemical leak - dozens of police, firefighters and medics are at the scene as evacuations take place
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Man runs down street on fire before bystanders rush to his aid
WARNING - DISTRESSING IMAGES: A man ran down a London street screaming as he was engulfed in flames before passers-by were able to put them out using clothing and he was rushed to hospital by ambulance
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Gas explosion as primary school evacuated and woman, 70, seriously injured
A gas explosion near St Luke's primary school in Bury, Greater Manchester, has left a 70-year-old woman seriously injured with a house turned to rubble amid a mass evacuation
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Schoolboy, 10, suffered 40% burns when wheelie-bin fire spread to 1st floor flat
Blaine Beattie, 10, suffered serious burns after a suspected arson attack left his home on a first-floor flat in a blaze - and two months later, he visited the firefighters who saved his life
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Mum and 4 kids die after devastating house blaze being treated as 'suspicious'
Bernadine Pruessner and her children, Millie, Jackson, Ellie, and Ivy, were killed in a devastating house fire in Ferguson, Missouri, on Monday at around 4.30am
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New water ride explodes in fireball as guests evacuated and smoke engulfs park
Dramatic footage shows the new ride at the Oceana Waterworld in Gothenburg, Sweden, in flames with the thick, black smoke rising into the sky, as people were evacuated
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Mum and baby die in house fire after she heads back into inferno to save kids
Tragically Giovanna Cabrera, 31, and her baby were killed in the house fire in Houston on Saturday as she tried to save the infant after saving her other two children
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Woman injured and house in ruins as 'explosion' causes fire forcing evacuations
A woman has been rushed to hospital from the Springbank area of Cheltenham after an explosion was heard by neighbours and a fire ripped through a building that has been left in ruins
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Sisters killed in flat fire horror named – as beloved pet cat also died in blaze
Four other people were treated at the scene of the horror fire in Aberdeen, and a baby was also taken to hospital as a precaution – it has since been discharged
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Firefighters called out to 50 floods a day as water levels rise
Firefighters, who are tackling a record number of floods as more towns are being hit by rising water levels and a succession of storms, tell the Government to fund the fire service for flood response
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Families flee as it rains 'flaming snow' and firefighters tackle blaze
Firefighters have scrambled to a fire at what is understood to be an unfinished development in Fox Street, Liverpool, with smoke billowing for miles, including over Goodison Park stadium
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'Flaming snow' rained down on terrified families fleeing building fire
Bradley Dalton, 30, fled his flat as a fire roared just feet away at an abandoned complex in Liverpool on Saturday afternoon - with more than 50 firefighters at the scene
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UK's first Black Chief Fire Officer Wayne Brown found dead at his home
West Midlands Fire Service's Chief Fire Officer Wayne Brown was tragically found dead at his home on Wednesday morning, a spokesperson has confirmed
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Firefighters scramble to popular boozer to tackle major blaze
Dozens of firefighters are tackling a large blaze at a popular pub as dramatic photographs showed flames rising high into the night sky above Ashington, Northumberland
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Debris from Bridgend inferno at industrial estate raining on locals miles away
South Wales Fire Service has sent 10 crews to the blaze at Bridgend Industrial Estate in Coychurch off the A473, with witnesses hearing 'explosions' and flames raging above homes
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Bus experts reveal why TFL's electric vehicles might keep bursting into flames
Recent days have seen two electric buses catch fire in London, raising fears over the vehicles as Transport for London investigate to get to the root of the problem
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Traffic chaos as M60 shut after Asda lorry catches fire and crews tackle blaze
Fire crews are battling to put out an ablaze Asda delivery lorry, with part of the M60 anti-clockwise near junction 3 Greater Manchester blocked causing traffic chaos as smoke billows into the sky
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Woman dies after huge fire breaks out at block of flats as police launch probe
Fire fighters found a woman in her 40s dead as they tackled a blaze in a block of flats in London, with the service confirming the death as Met Police investigate the cause of the blaze
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'I'm used to playing against Lionesses - in my spare time I'm fighting fires'
Exeter City Women’s co-captain Bow Jackson has plenty more to do outside of her commitments on the pitch following a stint in the Women’s Super League with Yeovil Town