Grahams Fire Page West Yorkshire Fire Service on the World Stage

1st - 2nd December 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Man is injured in 'gas explosion'

Buncefield firms to be prosecuted

Fire crews tackle seafront blaze

Petrol tanker fire on carriageway

Rush hour delays as tanker fire closes A48

Seafront damaged by fierce blaze

Kitchen company in Scunthorpe destroyed in fire

Builders help rescue fire family

3rd - 4th December

Major fire breaks out at Nottingham textile factory

Homes evacuated as fire rages

Cardiff International Airport fire & rescue goes to Serco

Towering manure blaze tackled

Firemen are up for a record attempt

£1000 to find petrol bomber

Two years on , firefighters remember tragic friends

Fire brigade battle blaze at Dublin furniture factory

Toddler still fights for life after arson attack

Firefighters tackle fire at Tyseley factory

11 schoolgirls in China die from carbon monoxide poisoning

Four rescued from Scarborough blaze - one man arrested

TV left on standby destroys North Wales home

£1m for engines that aren't used

Man dies in blaze at Falkirk flat

Call for fire station plans delay

Fire crews tackle classroom blaze

Staffordshire seven are welcomed

Fire hero teen up for top award

Red cars least prone to crashes!

5th - 6th December

West Midlands Firefighter, 49, dies after call-out

Princess visits fire-damaged pier

£1m fire engines are 'too heavy'

Fire in Twyford

Lancashire's ‘doomed’ fire HQ given year reprieve

Fire risk team to target home safety
Picture: Mark Scott

Fourth East Lancashire mill fire in past few weeks
Picture: PETE SIMPSON

Fire centre £20m over set budget

Hundreds of tyres on fire at farm

Leaking gas caused Wigan flats explosion

Fire cash cuts may 'put lives at risk'

Man injured in explosion on canal

Parents warned on fake consoles

Shop fire blamed on power fault

Body is found after storage fire

Crews deal with 'explosion' blaze

Primary school in Bishop's Stortford destroyed by fire

Warehouse fire contained

Blaze at old depot was arson

Police probe blaze at former Peterhead textile factory
















Car bomb devastates Peshawar market: 22 killed, 90 injured

7th - 8th December

Blaze at city launderette in Hull

Livestock rescued from Devon barn fire

Stranded climber rescued from ice

Man held after Essex fire engine crash

Horses killed in outbuilding fire

Baby hurt after ambulance flips over on Leeds motorway

Fire crews tackle Leicester building blaze

Thirty firefighters tackle blaze

Woman rescued in Hull 14th floor blaze

Leeds flats evacuated after blaze strikes

Big Manchester mill blaze

Blaze drama at city church

Roads closed after chemical spill

Fire-hit school decision is due

Dogs used in fire investigation

9th - 10th December

Crews at Bradford derelict building blaze

Engine fire breaks out on ferry

Three dead as F18 fighter jet crashes in US residential area


Factory fire in Belgrade still raging

Deadly blazes rage in Cape Town

Factory blaze led to rail delays

Pensioner killed in bus collision

City centre blaze was arson

Crane topples in Leeds

Arson suspected after three fires

India bus fire toll rises to 63

Flashing Santa hat catches fire

LEYTON: Workshop fire blazes for four hours

Protests at fire authority meeting

Arson suspected over railway blaze

11th - 12th December

Four die in Bradford fireball crash

Inquiry into fatal fire ongoing

In pictures: Dale Road Matlock fire


Police cleared of blame for crash

Firefighters tackle church blaze

Teenager rescued from house fire

Homes gutted by wood-burner fire

Recycling plant fire breaks out

13th - 14th December

Recycling fire 'was suspicious'

Supermarket gutted in huge fire

Teenage girl dies in Lincolnshire house fire

Fire tears through laundry site

Fire crews tackle Lancashire pizza firm fire

Residents home after  Waitrose fire
Pic: Bob Jordan

Lease on fire aircraft ends

Arsonist causes $1.5m in damage to Palin's church

Clear up begins, 300 calls to fire control

Residents moved from flooded home

15th - 16th December

Firefighters tackle Dorking restuarant blaze
Picture by Caroline Salmon

Essex Fire and Rescue Service to spend £2m on refurbishment

Two hurt in weekend crashes

Cars destroyed in garage fire
Picture courtesy of Paul J White

Pizza maker fire 'one of largest'

Weston hotel hit by fire

Fire Brigade warns of blaze risks this Christmas

Top restaurant damaged by suspicious fire

Four hour fire at Just Motors, Milford Haven

Blaze at Kidderminster church

Death crash boy, 15, was a thrill seeker says mum

Wakefield car fireball man dies

Fire breaks out in football club

Baby rescued from Dundee city flat fire

Safe as houses on fire service website game

Fire service unites youth

Arson teams search remains of City Road Garage

Car driver injured in Ilkley  collision

17th - 18th December

Fire petition given to Holyrood

Fire to delay rush hour motorists

Crews tackle large Runcorn factory fire

Fire crews warn of risks in carol

Fire services urged to save money

£2m boost to build three new West Yorks fire stations

Fresh blaze rages at compost plant

Arson probe at Blackpool garage

Fire crews rescue injured lorry driver


Secondary school burns down in Hajigabul

Arson investigation after blaze guts town centre bar

Hundreds evacuated from supermarket after toxic leak

Totnes firefighters go on worldwide web

Garage arson attack residents allowed home

Three injured in accident near York Railway Station

Connor Betteridge: Seacroft youngster honoured for bravery

U-turn over chip pan fire advice

Ten people rescued from East Sussex flat fire

Elderly man dies after fire

Neighbours evacuated after Sunderland pub arson

Three hurt in head-on collision

19th - 20th December

Probes under way into city fires
Pic Mike Byrne

In pictures: Fire services battle two 'major' blazes in capital

Mice suspected in deadly cat fire

Torrential rain causes flooding

Fears over island fire safety after chalets destroyed

Elderly woman killed in Ford bungalow blaze named

Freezing works building in Penrose on fire....Off duty Fire-fighters sought to fight blaze

Travellers' site hit by blaze

Council leader praises Waitrose fire crews

Early-morning blaze burns downtown Beaufort building

Raging Blaze Engulf 400 Shops in Rawalpindi

South Yorkshire..Three die in night of chaos

Flames destroy apartments in Danville










Fire-fighter, six others get burn injuries in oil tanker blaze

Fundraising firefighters at Eden Centre

Fire crews rescue horse from stream

Cliffhanger: School buses dangle 20ft over motorway

Concern grows for Padiham bridge jumper

21st - 22nd December

Two people die in bungalow fire

Cottage gutted by fire just before Christmas

Arson theory over fire at Worcester college

999 operator helps mum and baby escape house blaze

Dozens evacuated in village fire

Witness plea after city flat fire

Fire in row of thatched cottages

Fire shift change in South Yorkshire sparks protest

3-hour operation to rescue horse

23rd - 24th December

Investigators get clue in Denver crash

Pub damaged in Derby fire bomb attack

Investigation into townhouse fire

Caravan park fire is investigated

Probe after woman dies in flats fire

Police investigating arson with intent to ...

Crash driver cut free and airlifted to hospital

New interim fire chief for Cornwall is named

Major fire at Ryton scrapyard

Shopping centre evacuated in fire

Video and Slide show images of Fire destroys historic Hatherleigh coaching inn

Man steals fire engine to go home for holidays

Bootle scrapyard goes up in flames

Major fire engulfs businesses near Ryton

Hoax call recording released by police

Man survives gas explosion at house
Photo: FLAKE PHOTOGRAPHY

Binman in hand trap drama

25th - 26th December

Garage blaze in Keighley being treat as arson

Investigation into fatal Kilkenny fire

Man is hurt in flat fire

Youths remanded over Harrogate fire death

Firefighter clocks up 38 years in Sussex

Nativity theory after church fire

Fire crews spend hours tackling blaze in former Carlisle pub

Geddington Squirt: Fire teams battle it out for glory

27th - 28th December

Cleveland Fire Brigade make an extra special trip

Tyre fire in  Northamptonshire could carry on for days

Guard of honour for firefighter Brian Dean

Man and woman critical after Barnsley fire

Philadelphia house fire kills 4 adults, 3 kids  AP Image

Fire engines going green

Homes 'left defenceless' by axing of back-up firefighting services

Fire At West London Power Station

Blaze through the night in shops centre

Fire crews tackle blaze in London flats

Fire engine in motorway crash

Woman dies in Bolton blaze

Charleston firefighters still seeking counselling

Man killed jumping from flat fire

29th - 30th December

Investigation checks out unexplained flats fire

Chimney clean plea after 10 fires

14 rescued in major blaze at flats
Pic by: George Munro

Crews tackle 24 car fires in city

Thatched home destroyed by fire

Fire crews praised for rescue efforts

Ready fire control centres unused

Elderly man dies in bungalow fire
Pic: Essex Fire Service

Man dies after genitials 'set on fire by wife'

Man suffers serious burns in flat blaze

100 Hertfordshire fires sniffed out

VIDEO UPDATE: Baby injured in smash

Probe as paramedic car crashes in Shadsworth
Picture by Russ Ward

31st December 2008

Person rescued from bungalow fire

Nightclub fire kills 53 in Bangkok

54 die in nightclub fire in Bangkok

Woman dies in house fire