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1st - 2nd January 2008

Two rescued from blaze at flats in Kent

Fire enginePensioner escapes from house fire

Man arrested over fire at house in Northampton

Car leaves road and plunges onto town rail tracks

Two men rescued from flats fire in Maidstone

Three dead in Charlton bus crash

Halifax car park closed after arson attack

wd2528719pallets-3-gd-01.jpgArson probe on city pallets blaze in Wolverhampton

Blaze at West Meon pub

Pregnant mother dies in Kent house fire


Firemen resuscitate cat found in Southampton house fire
<Parameters><Width>163</Width><Height>163</Height></Parameters>Man rescued as blaze rips through Grimsby takeaway


Rawdon kitchen blaze wakes couple

Barns devastated by fire (pic by Alan Phillips)Fire leads to New Year evacuation in West Sussex

Lincolnshire brigade promotes fire advice line

Boy dies in New Year's day fire

Man dies in New Year's Day blaze

Jenny Marsey with her knickersGiant knickers put out house fire

The fire-damaged St Nicholas ChurchFire-hit Surrey church 'to be rebuilt'

Fire closes airport rail station

Royal Marsden HospitalFire officers at scene of Royal Marsden fireRoyal Marsden is a 'world-leader'

Fire at Royal Marsden Hospital, LondonIn pictures: Royal Marsden fire also link to Video

'Scrooge' fire chief dampens spirits in Humberside

3rd - 4th January

BLAZE: Firefighters battle to bring yesterday’s fire at Matalan under control as smoke billows from the storeJOE RILEY REF: 0414156Faulty socket may have started Matalan blaze

Roof of hospital alightProbe into cause of hospital fire

Firefighters battle the blaze in UrumqiThree firefighters dead in China market blaze

Cannabis farm starts Manchester house blaze

Firefighter sued over car crash

A firefighter tackles the fire in the mine shaftUnderground mine fire in Wrexham deliberate

Koi FishFiremen fill tank for £17k fish

The bus stop where two teenagers were trappedTwo hurt as car ploughs into bus shelter

Marathon effort to tackle bale blaze

Man rescued after kitchen fire

Fire Witness appeal renewed by police in Loudwater Bucks

Air ambulance crew ‘critical’ in Hexham crash

VIDEO: SHAUN'S QUICK THINKING SAVES 'FIREBALL' DRIVER

Four of the six fire-fighters going to HungaryShropshire fire service fire engine donated to Hungarians

Fire control roomUnion anger over fire centre cost

5th - 6th January

Artist's impression of the interior of the new Cambridge control roomDelay for regional fire control room in Cambridge

Pub smoking ban 'could spark fires'

Penhallow Hotel fire: Picture Robert MeechHundreds support fire cover march

Chip shop fire delays match start

Fire at Paddock Road Industrial Estate (pic from Paul Harper)Huge fire rips through Berkshire warehouse

Investigation into fire at mill

7th - 8th January


Corgi 1/50 Dennis F12 Side Pump Escape Die Cast Model City of Coventry Fire Brigade (CC13005)Death of officer who painted fire engines yellow

Fire in the grounds of the Princess Royal HospitalLarge blaze in hospital grounds

Surrey fire crews douse 'fuse box' blaze

Man dies after blaze in Utterby, near Louth

Arson attack destroys farm's hay in Humberside

Waggoner's InnFire damages Shropshire pub under renovation

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at a warehouse in Icheon, South Korea (07/01/2008)South Korea fire toll rises to 27

Fire at Paddock Road Industrial Estate (pic from Paul Harper)Crews remain at blaze warehouse

Charity engine pull man sentenced

Dorset MP calls for bigger fire budget

Garage fire sees families moved

Fire ripped through The Crescent Garage, Roundhay Residents evacuated amid gas blast fears

Norton in Hales Cricket ClubFire sweeps through Shropshire cricket club

Kirkby Woodhouse fire (photo Steve Beech)Firefighters tackle Kirkby Woodhouse garage blaze

Flats and shops damaged in Cornwall fire

Worker dies in Holmfirth mill tragedy

Bude fireFire sweeps through row of shops in Bude

Picture of the scenePolice investigate Leeds garage blaze

Scene of Southway house explosion Stephanie HammacottGirl, nine, dies in Plymouth house blast

9th - 10th January

M4 collision driver in hospital

Fire at Paddock Road Industrial Estate (pic from Paul Harper)Crews return to blaze warehouse

The Buncefield depot on fire'Deformed calves' born after fire

The Royal Bingo HallDerelict bingo hall in Shropshire gutted in a fire

Man's body found in Cumbrian blaze ruins

North Yorkshire Fire chiefs wait for funding news

Two injured in early hours bus crash at Garrowby Hill

 Fireman rap over hotline

The scene at Leeds City Bus Station on Tuesday afternoonLeeds bus station death man: details revealed

Glenn Ramsden of Humberside Fire and Rescue serviceTwo trapped as bus slides on ice


Fire Cuts Petition for Humberside
Waltham Fire Station faces closure and Immingham West Fire Station has been earmarked to lose an engine under Fire Brigade cuts. Both are running petitions against the cuts. If you wish to sign the petition, please do so below, and the names will be passed to the fire stations
Image: <b>Fire</b> station closure protestsFire station closure protests

Bradford arson attack probed

 Woman, 93, rescued in Leeds house blaze

Barbican fireFirefighters tackle blaze in City of London

Nathan Bushell took this oneLondon fire: Your pictures

Collapsed house in ClaphamFire crews rescue trapped builder in Clapham

Teenagers jailed for 2 million arson

11th - 12th January

 M-way blocked by spate of crashes

Fire station changes up for consultation in Surrey

Happy ending as Burnham-On-Sea fire crew rescues trapped horse!

FLOODS MAYHEMFlooding mayhem hits North Wales

Work starts at Dewsbury blaze school

<Parameters><Width>163</Width><Height>163</Height></Parameters>COUNCIL LOSES GRAND HOTEL BATTLE

Fire engineChanges to fire service in Surrey planned

Medway Maritime HospitalPatients moved from Kent hospital fire

Birmingham office block evacuated after fire

Two rescued from flooded areas in Devon

Investigation into house fire

 Fire service praise

M3 pile-up probed

Arcade evacuated as fire breaks out

Villagers move out after gas explosion

Stationary traffic on the A19, near DeightonMisery for motorists in York

The house in Lidget Green where the fire happened'Human torch' blaze victim dies

Firefighters tackle a blaze in CalcuttaIn pictures: Fire guts Calcutta market

Fire crews tackle warehouse blaze

13th - 14th January

John MoorcroftCumbria confirms deputy fire chief

St Helier Methodist Church fire. Picture: Jacquelyn JohnsonBlaze destroys Methodist church in Jersey

Fire at a market in CalcuttaHuge India market fire continues

Accident closes lanes on M62 at Ainley Top

Driver is pinned under police car

Man taken to hospital after Bradford blaze

Man rescued from house blaze

The scene of the accident on Sealand Road this morning.Traffic chaos after Flintshire border crash

Fire-hit restaurant had been targeted before

Second store blaze in two months in Barnsley

FirefightersWarehouse wrecked in arson attack

Two men fatally injured in garage collapse in Lancashire

Blast praise for Blackpool hero neighbour

M6 smash near Corley hits rush hour

Rescue workers raise an injured woman up a muddy slope after she fell and broke her leg (picture by Ro Cutler)Woman hurt in mud-slide drama in Northamptonshire

Jets forced to make emergency landing

Bungalow half-destroyed in fire

Bude fireSalon fault in Cornwall led to terrace fire

Debris litters the A19 after the accident which left the two cars involved completely wreckedCrash victims escape serious injury in A19 smash

15th - 16th January

Flats hit by arsonists again

Families evacuated in blaze threat

Fire engines. (Pic: Huw Williams)Aid sought for new fire stations in Highlands

Bradford-on-Avon flooding, January 2008Wiltshire Fire service issues travel alert

Fire family saved by trampoline in Norfolk

Fire at the former Old Railway hotelFire badly damages derelict hotel

STANSTED: Man taken to hospital following caravan blaze

Sneezing man rescued from burning car

Firefighter becomes ambulance driver after head-on crash

Man, 84, dies after rescue from flat fire in Weymouth

Fire to a wheelie bin, engulfed flat in Lincoln with smoke

Explosion fear in rubbish fire

Snaith firefighters are pride of service

Police praised for blaze rescue

Elderly man dies after flat fire in Dorset

St Helier Methodist Church fire. Picture: Jersey Fire and Rescue ServiceMove to save Jersey fire damaged church

<Parameters><Width>162</Width><Height>162</Height></Parameters>Fire Crews called out to flooding in Devon and Somerset area

Firefighters move to £2m station in Derby

Fire engine (generic)Five rescued from blaze at Newport flats

Fire at a market in CalcuttaCalcutta fire 'is under control'

Eastburn chip shop gutted in blaze

17th - 18th January

Police investigate garage blast

Firefighters praise lorry driver

Airliner crash-lands at Heathrow

Fire crews by the stricken planeIn Pictures: Heathrow crash-landing

Crews tackle fire at derelict pub

Fire budget increases to £21.5m

Scene of the fire in Tanshelf Drive, PontefractWoman dies in Pontefract fire

Crews rescue man from Bradford flat fire

Man is missing after house fire

Crashed Boeing 777Experts probe Heathrow air crash

Area evacuated after Cricklewood garage fire

Missing man not home during blaze

Young boy saves family from fire

A flooded road and property in the village of Kelmscott, west OxfordshireFlooding alert as risk continues

19th - 20th January

Guests evacuated in Eastbourne hotel fire

Seven rescued from blazing flats in Lancaster

OFF THE ROAD: The car and JCB that collidedLearner driver in smash with JCB

School bus torched in Welwyn

Scaffolding collapse in Jedburgh StreetScaffolding collapse leaves man hurt and a trail of destruction

Five flee fatal collision scene

art.heathrow.coward.gi.jpgHeathrow back on track after crash

AmbulanceChildren killed in road accident

Flooding at Cressage, near Much Wenlock, looking towards the WrekinWarning over 'significant' floods

It’s a first-ever for firefighters

Graham Buckle, fire service local group manager Leaders meet to discuss York fire station move

Irish Coastguard helicopterFires out aboard stricken trawler

Suspicious fire damages building

Glenn RamsdenFlooding teams are 'ready to act'

Abingdon explosion: Retail park back open

Horses rescued in motorway crash

PhotoCrash-landed plane moved

Burnham-On-Sea fire crews tackle chimney blaze

In the early hours of Saturday morning there was a fire at the White Horse pub, Holme. Photo: Ian Burt.Pub landlady tells of her family's lucky escape from fire

Burnt out cars at Markham Place, WroughtonPensioners in fear over arson spree

Fire in Ipswich flat

AmbulancePair hailed as life-savers for pulling nine-year-old from wreckage

HAMPSHIRE Fire and Rescue Authority tax increase would be 5p a week

Fire service at Glynneath flooding sceneFirefighters' night at flooding

21st - 22nd January

Clubbers 'heroes' over fire alert

Smoke from tyre fireTyre blaze in Lanarkshire 'will burn for days'

Fire in chimney at food factory

Flooding in HuddersfieldSevere flood warnings for towns

Flooding in HullCrews tackle rising drain levels in Hull

Deputy Kevin Lewis in his Alvis Stalwart amphibious vehicleWar relic back on flood standby

Crane on fire at Tilbury container dock

Library picture of Corus Port Talbot'Minor explosion' at steel site

Flooding in the Aire Valley











People evacuated in Bradford dam threat

Flooding Video

In the balance: the lorry which slipped backwards into the swollen River CalderFloods: Lorry goes over the edge

Flooding at Mytholmroyd Picture: Dan MarsdenHalifax area Flood pictures

Picture sent in by Nathan Bridge showing the burning lorry just before the fire service arrivedThese pictures, sent in by reader Jonathan Jolly, show the burning lorry and the tailbacks it has caused today on the M62These pictures, sent in by reader Jonathan Jolly, show the burning lorry and the tailbacks it has caused today on the M62 Lorry fire closes M62

Toll Bar in South YorkshireFloods cause road and rail chaos

New Northamptonshire fire crew response times plan

Scene of fireDerelict building blaze was arson

Tayside Fire EngineJob cut protest by firefighters

Death blaze in Cornwall Arson Video


23rd - 24th January

Firefighters in hard-hitting campaign

Lincoln Arms pub on fireFire damages Grade II listed pub

Penhallow Hotel fireTwo held over hotel blaze deaths

Girl, 11, saves family from blaze in Great Lever, Bolton.

The fire at Sandford-on-ThamesWorkers evacuated from house fire

The scene of the crashThree car collision in West Kirby

FARMER KILLED IN 11000 VOLT HORROR

Men quizzed over fatal hotel fire

John NobleFirefighter dies in engine crash

The crashed fire engine on a tow truckProbe into fire engine road crash

People who work for Lincolnshire County Council are being encouraged to sign up as part-time firefighters.

Fire crews rescue five from flats

Essex firefighter tackles flames - picture by Essex Fire and RescueFireworks explode in blazing barn

Pregnant woman saved from Bradford fire

Three escape house blaze


Burnt-out shell: The Penhallow fire was the country’s worst in 30 years Shock at Newquay hotel blaze arrests

Sheerness windmill fireFire rips through town's windmill

Alex SalmondTributes pour in for firefighter

25th - 26th January

Flames leap through the roof of the hotelFire rips through Sudbury Georgian hotel

Scene of fireWoman, 86, killed in house fire

Body is found in flat after fire

Ambulance crashes in Leeds

New £5.9 million Fire station to be built, Gloucestershire County Council backed the station in Uckington.

Blow: cabbie Imtiaz Hussain had been sleeping at the office that was damaged in the arson attackFirebomb attack on cabbie

Elderly woman pinned against front door.

M-way closed after minibus rolls

Bedroom damaged in home blaze

Busy night for Wear fire crews

Colin Willis at the scene of the stable fire in which 3 of his animals diedSuspected arson attack kills donkey and horses

Police at the sceneFatal Gloucester house fire is investigated

Firefighters at memorial serviceFirefighters have gathered to remember four colleagues who died in a warehouse blaze

Generic pigsFire crews save piglets in blaze

Daventry fire engineElderly man dies in house blaze

Aftermath of a fire at a pub in Glasgow (Pic by Duncan Kirkhope)Probe into 'suspicious' pub fire

27th - 28th January

Man killed in Bridlington living room blaze

Two are rescued from house fire

Elderly man dies after house fire

Crews tackle paper factory fire

wd2579486coalfire-4-rh-28.jpgCoal blaze is tackled at factory

Plans for fire station at Uckington  approved


The RTA on Three Tuns LaneDriver cut free after Wolverhampton smash

Firefighters tackling the blaze off Wakefield RoadDerelict building ablaze in Bradford again

Concern at 999 crews' safety

Wreckage from a helicopter which crashed in Rudding Park near Harrogate is carried away from the area Calderdale millionaire couple killed in Yorkshire helicopter crash

Blazing a trail: Firefighters from across the region receive long Service awards for clocking up 20 years of exemplary service Long service honour for devoted South Yorkshire firefighters

Fire at Southdowns hotel and leisure complexFire damages West Sussex country house hotel

Family's tribute to dead fireman

29th - 30th January

Crews cool gas cylinders at Gateshead fire

Witness plea after Shipley horror crash

Two hurt in Bradford crash

Firefighters tackle Devon flats blaze

Crews tackle building site blaze

Geest factory firePolice admit errors in North Lincolnshire arson case

Turntable ladder in useFire plan will not close Devon stations

Blaze injures firefighter and man

Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of YorkBathroom blaze in Royal household

Cylinder blaze at Oxfordshire petrol station

Air ambulanceEight injured in a two car crash

Shrewsbury fatal crashOne dead and seven hurt in Shropshire crash


 Oxfordshire gas cylinder explodes setting a garage alight.

Fire breaks out at Greater Manchester youth centre

31st January

Fire deaths fall to 50-year low

Firefighters tackle bakery blaze

Fire crews tackle arson attacks

Fire engines at Imperial HotelHotel guests evacuated in blaze

Fire service is awarded top marks


Serial arsonist hunted

At the launch of the campaign against fire service cuts are, from left, Coun Caroline Seymour, Chief Fire Officer Nigel Hutchinson, Coun John Fort and Coun Ken KingBattle against North Yorkshire fire cuts starts



House fire in BankendBlaze destroys village farmhouse near Dumfries

Fire engineFire crews tackle care home blaze
Picture: East of England Ambulance ServiceMan trapped in car crash
1st - 2nd February

Fire breaks out at terraced house

Investigation into garage blaze

Asda's Durabrand microwaveAsda recalls 300,000 microwaves

Woman 'stable' after kitchen fire in Wrexham


01/02/08: Animal Sanctuary FireMassive blaze at animal sanctuary

Building fire stops train service

John Noble funeralGuard of honourTributes at Alloa firefighter's funeral

Man killed as bus and van collide

Tragedy: The house in which a woman died and two firemen were injuredWoman dies and two firefighters injured Sheffield housefire

Woman dies and two hurt in fire

Taxi driver set alight by thieves in Milford Haven

Fire bosses drop opposition to service reorganisation

The image “http://www.burnham-on-sea.com/news/2007/fire-engine.jpg” cannot be displayed, because it contains errors.Burnham-On-Sea fire crew release two babies trapped in car

Blaze in Darlington town centre brought quickly under control

The external damage to the house.Trio's lucky escape as fire rips through house

Dog rescued from blaze by firefighters

<Parameters><Width>162</Width><Height>162</Height></Parameters>Terrorist excercise in Tewkesbury

Investigation after cargo plane crashes at Edinburgh

New Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority chiefs appointed

3rd - 4th February

Explosion heard in workshop blaze

One treated after bungalow fire

(c) Andrew BensonCrews tackle fire at London cement works

Fire engineDevon Union's concern over fire changes

 Car smash causes Halifax rush hour delays

Sodium hypochlorite leak at Marlborough Leisure Centre

Reporters Robin Leeburn, Becca Gliddon and David Beasley with just some of the couponsCoupons flood in for fire service SOS campaign

Arson suspected after disused shop blaze

Crash car 'somersaulted through the air'

Phone call genericFire chiefs' bid to trace hoaxers

Grampian fire engineFamily and dog escape Aberdeen house fire

Probe into derelict building fire

Control roomNew company to handle fire calls

5th - 6th February

Safer cigarettes could have saved 16 lives lost in fire

Flashback: a fire service picture taken at the height of the Holy Trinity School fire Fresh call to put fire sprinklers in schools

Woman saved from Queensbury fire

Fire on the Holmer Trading Estate Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service involved as Tyre warehouse fire halts trains
Man hospitalised after house fire

Fire in LudwigshafenBaby saved after being dropped from third-storey inferno in Germany
Fire rips through family home

Fire students to get own engine

Fears about new firefighting vehicle

Cylinder hazard in scrapyard fire

Woman rescued from property fire

Islington borough fire commander Peter Cowup lays a wreath in honour of the two firefighters who lost their lives during the fire at the market in 1958Tragic Smithfield market blaze is marked 50 years on

Crash closes A1

Pewsey Fire Fighters Car washing for charity, last OctoberWiltshire Fire Service named "Brigade of the year"

The Cutty Sark in all its glory before the fire