1st - 2nd June 2008

Fire crew in crash with two cars

Blaze at Manchester city hospital

Methodist hall destroyed by fire in Truro

Fire at Harrogate cricket club 'deliberate'

Fire raging at Universal Studios

Fire rages at California movie studio


BBC NewsUniversal President on the fire

Fire Service led partnership wins national award

Methodist hall destroyed by fire

Woman and child treated after fire

Fire Fighter ‘spied on’ by employers

DOZENS of firefighters are tackling a blaze in a supermarket warehouse in Moordown.

Fire guts youth centre

Fire brigade in Humberside shake-up talks

Fears for future of fire station

Fire trio on their bikes for charity

Fire at Hereford factory

"Mini fire engine" showcased in North Yorkshire

Witness appeal after fire attacks

3rd - 4th June

Blowtorch caused Hollywood fire

Fire causes chaos in Cardiff city centre

Fire brigade launches safety plan

Woman rescued from bungalow fire

Crews tackle latest gorse blazes

Woman, 79, killed in Sheffield house fire

Trapped teenager dies in flooding

Homes evacuated as blaze hits Birmingham workshop

Harrogate pavilion fire 'arson' Video

5th - 6th June

Fire tackled at paper warehouse

Fatal building collapse inquiry

Police van set on fire in Nottingham city

Two people rescued in Derby house fire

Residents flee Corby blaze Residents fled from a house blaze in Corby which was tackled by 20 firefighters.

£1m up in smoke after city blaze

Fire crews called out to blazing hotel

Police probe blaze after landmark building damaged by fire

Fire at Worle pub

Fire heroes save family in Doncaster

FIRE-RESCUE PCS GET AWARDS FOR BRAVERY

Fire truck saved, restored for community

Police investigate warehouse inferno

Fire crews tackle South Yorkshire warehouse blaze

Major Doncaster town centre fire closes bridge

Driver escapes van fire

Body recovered from collapsed West Bromwich building

Dorset Fire station could move

Huge Bolton chemical fire 'an accident'

Four Seasons Fire by Mandy Hackman

Fire crews praised for saving arson attack garage

Cop receives fire rescue award

All 999 services on show

Rescuers pull man from canal in Sowerby Bridge

Firm hit by another blaze in Lincolnshire


Chemical reaction sparks alert

Fire breaks out at candle factory

7th - 8th June

Former school is damaged in fire

Teenager inured in fire explosion

Quacking good end to fire call-out

Inquiry after candle factory fire

Fire crew attack images released

OAP's 'lucky escape' from blaze

'Trapped' fire engine driven through bollards

No new fire engines for four years

Family flee Bradford house fire

Two injured in Darwen explosion

A Candle Factory Fire at Blanford Dorset with Video from Daily Echo

Fire hits historic Texas mansion

TRAFFIC  dealyed after two cars collide

One dead after London flat fire

Electricity sub station fire causes
 power cuts

Gearing up for fire season

Nine Injured and 2 Firefighters in serious condition In Manhattan Fire

Fire consumes two industrial buildings Image collection

Family escapes burning house in Eastbourne

Firefighter saves drowing man's life

Four rescued after boat tips over

9th - 10th June

Deodorant can 'caused house fire'

Inquiry into power station blaze

Arson charge over warehouse fire

Vehicle business gutted by fire in Cheltenham

Fire crews attend brewery blaze

Severe fire at Yeovil industrial estate

Investigations continue into Abbey Manor blaze


Fire guts naked chef's office

Fire service taking a lead on diversity

Fire-gutted candle factory to be demolished

UK Firefighters Battle House Fire In Leigh

Black smoke fills sky after huge tyre fire

Boy 's lucky escape in window plunge

Inside one of Britain's cannabis factories

Top award for 999 operator who helped save family

Brick attackers hit fire station

Fire crews tackle moorland
blaze

Fire destroys disused warehouse in North Devon

Large blaze at West Sussex recycling centre

Fire at factory site in East Belfast 'suspicious'

Petrol bomb used to target Bradford house

Boys commended for family rescue

Sixty evacuated during Hounslow flat blaze

Kitchen fire claims woman's life

The Beeches pub in Northfield goes up in flames

Dozens die in Sudan jet inferno


11th - 12th June

Flood areas 'lack rescue crews'

Probe into Sudan's plane inferno

FireLink radio system to go live


Sudan official: At least 29 dead in jet fire

Fire crews in West Yorkshire praised by the public

Daniel Craig Is Next Victim Of Bond Curse

Ceremony honours explosion heroes

Cash to tackle countryside fires

Miracle of surviving Sudan inferno

Aerial ladder for county service

Garden memorial to four firemen

Farm silo unit to help fire crews

Homes destroyed in West London fire (Video)

'Political games' over Portsmouth fire station

Ricky Hatton backs boxing gym plan for Moss Side fire station

More fire brigades join firm's client list

Polish arson attack 'not racist'

Police commended with awards

Colorado fire threatens historic Indian sites

Three Firefighters Injured In Lincoln Blaze

Blaze drama at Anglesey Aluminium

'Unacceptable' errors led to deaths in fire aboard sub on Arctic ...

13th - 14th June

Fire continues - (Norway) day five


Driver set on fire in fuel picket violence in Madrid

Children set fire to house

Firefighters warn of looming staff crisis in Wales

DERBYSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE SHOW Markeaton Park tomorrow 14th

Fire service praised for shock tactics

CAA introduces fire safety initiative

Slideshow: Huge shed fire hospitalises man

Man arrested after bomb explodes at Kendal police station

Blaze forces Croydon school evacuation

Fire officer honoured with a CBE

Two are rescued from house fire

SMOKE ALARM 'SAVED US' SAY BLAZE FAMILY

15th - 16th June

The night the sea caught fire: Remembering Piper Alpha

Families flee from burning homes in Sheffield.

Man hurt by roof blaze at house

Body found after caravan blaze

Firefighters tackling boat blaze

Two firefighters injured in crash

Warwick Fire Station - closure plans re kindled

Historic Amersham shops devastated by fire

Factory blaze tamed in New Zealand

Blaze forces familes from homes

The £192k crime-fighting fire engine

Fears vagrants may have died at derelict site fire


3 Dead, 5 Injured in Fire At Building in Queens

Yobs attack Calderdale fire crews 15 times in past year

Passer-by killed as she tries to get closer look at LBJ Freeway crash

Fifty firefighters tackle blaze at business park

Blaze at Royston cinema

Wrexham firefighters tackle a large blaze at Wrexham's old Hippodrome.

GREENWICH: Girl set on fire in street

RAF Harrier Jump Jet Crashes In Rutland

Pilot ejects from Harrier crash

Arson attack sparks major blaze

House explosion causes large fire

17th - 18th June

Wine bar damaged in kitchen fire

Fire leads to road closures

FIVE TAKEN TO HOSPITAL AFTER PILE UP


Asbestos scare after Spalding cold store fire

Baby rescued from Hull fire 'critical'

Man questioned over cinema fire

19th - 20th June

Blaze hits metal recycling plant

Diesel tanker fire shuts motorway

Goole man trapped in bath for two days

Suffolk fire stations get £27m boost

County fire services Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire could merge

Tractor and hay destroyed in fire

Blaze tacked at old nursing home

Fire strike will hit Monday’s flights

Bereaved family feature in road safety DVD

Crews tackle fire at Corus in Redcar

Man dies in Manchester tram horror

Explosion risk houses evacuated

21st -  22nd June

Fire crews tackle 'serious' Lincoln blaze

Fire destroys popular Warsaw restaurant

Family escapes from house blaze

Schoolchildren in bus fire drama

Smoking vent sparks airport alert

Coach fire passengers evacuated

Fire at Colwick Industrial Estate

East Oakland fire consumes half a block of buildings

Women jump from flats to escape fire

Fire in Stanhope Castle grounds

Fire at St Albans care home

23rd - 24th June

Fire crews 'lack vital flood kit'

No intervention in fire strikes

Get clever in the kitchen and protect your children from fire

Two escape house fire but A firefighter suffers neck burns

Two rescued in South Yorkshire house fire

Fighting fires on multiple fronts

Locution Systems, Inc. Receives Commission to Provide Automated ...

Royal Mile statue for 'father of firefighters'

'Largest' Fire In Lake County Damages 20 Businesses

Fire hits Hampshire school

Straw fire tackled

Massillon fire truck driver will not face charges in fatal crash

Woman dies in Greater Manchester after blaze rescue bid

Man is winched free from manhole

Alert after explosion at chemical lab

Southwick teenager tree rescue

Cars wrecked in arson attacks

Biker taken to hospital after early-morning crash with two cars

FIRE-FIGHTERS battle to put out a blaze which threatened a Burnley mill.

Fire officer's plea to parents

Firefighter from Brighouse saved by lifeboat

25th - 26th June

Fire destroys disability centre

Fatal fire started in rubbish bin

Gym badly smoke damaged in blaze

Baby in hospital after Hull house fire

Fresh bid to avoid fire strikes

Milestone for Cumbrian fire station plans

Fire causes Glastonbury festival travel chaos

Firefighters tackle Snodland fire

27th - 28th June

Road shut after Glastonbury fire

Firemen uninjured in blast mix-up

Four are rescued from London flats fire

City factory fire is 'suspicious'

Joint emergency base plan dropped

Residents return home after Glastonbury fire

North Carolina Crews Battle Huge Wildfire

Lancashire County gets new fire stations

Crews battle large fire in downtown Niles 

Holyrood fire blamed on 'poor finishing'

California National Guard Continues Battle against Northern ...
Image courtesy: NASA

My dad’s a fire rescue hero for saving man

Man rescued from home following fire

Halifax Tyre firm to shut after fire attack

Five fire departments battle blaze near the state line

MI5 warns of suicide bombers using ambulances / Fire Engines/ Police Cars


29th - 30th June

Crews tackle blaze in hi-fi shop

Four are rescued from house fire

Firefighters criticise youths who threw stones at them

Fire breaks out at Warwickshire nursing home

Mum dies in hoax 999 fire call in South Yorkshire

Fire destroys famous purple house

Village pub in North Lincolnshire badly damaged in fire

House suffers fire damage in Exmouth

Fire crews tackle blaze in Goole building

People 'feared trapped in blaze'

Barn destroyed by blaze

Sports club gutted in blaze

Rough sleeper building blaze

Boy charged over hoax fire crash

Firefighters investigate blaze at disused Otley industrial site

1st - 2nd July

Fire breaks out at disused venue

Historic house 'wrecked by arson'

Girls stranded on island in lake

Funeral held for garage fire boy

Town fires cost taxpayer £500k

Major £100,000 blaze 'suspicious'

Fire crews tackle blaze on Essex estate


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EU prepares new green car procurement rules

Still fighting flames at 80

Road closed in Poole after fire

Video: Fast Moving California Fires Worry Residents

Sixteen new fire stations for Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside

17th July


3 firefighters die in Shanghai factory fire

18th July
Fire at workshop 'was accidental'

Fire crew rescues bird in a flap

Huge fire at former garage site in Rotherham

19th July

Mill blaze at Dewsbury

Shops fire leads to evacuation

Woman jumps out fire flat window

Fire brigade criticised for rescuing injured seagull

Fire brigade defends bird rescue

Fires tears through derelict school

Fire crews tackle Swindon blazes

Fire boss (Peter Holland) in line for top job

Remote-controlled model helicopter helps fire crews

Major fire in Tachbrook Road - footage here.

Woman injured in Keighley bedroom fire

Hay and fertiliser lost in blaze

20th July

Crews fight garden centre blaze near Luton

Family of 10 survive Kent house fire

Five hurt in Scotish three-vehicle crash

Residents evacuated from Linchester homes after gas leak











Fire Destroys Garage; 4 Firefighters Injured

Boat destroyed by fire in Halifax

Meet Hampshire's new weapon in fire fighting

Search continues over Lake Erie for missing Cleveland Firefighter

21st July

Plea to keep Humberside Fire Stations open

Plan drawn up for new Buckinghamshire Fire Station

Pub Fire 'SUSPICIOUS'

Firefighters will move to new station soon in South Yorkshire  brigade changes

Liverpool Cricket Club damaged by fire

Dog survives after 80ft fall down cliff

Evacuation over 'suspicious' Hampshire fire

Two sought after Glasgow warehouse blaze

Dual-crew move could begin early

West Yorkshire fire control HQ lagging behind on technology

Boy arrested after Dundee school primary fire

Judge's fury as hoax call teen walks free

Hero Chorley firefighter battles for his life

Fires destroys superstore

22nd July

Cylinder explosion threat in Manchester fire

Airport is closed twice in strike

Fire crews face 'constant' attack

Four arrests over fatal flat fire

Boat owners get fire safety tips

Firefighter Crews in Plympton forced to Jump for Cover

Hurst Road blaze - arson investigation launched

Teens drown in reservoir

Fire crews rush to Leeds plane after smoke alert

23rd July

Fire crews battle huge Heywood mill blaze

New fire chief is relishing return to the front line

Neighbour rescues woman from fire

West Sussex fire crews fight blaze as woman is saved from burning home

Crews stretched to limit by arson spate

DIY store blaze believed to be arson

Biker dies in tractor fire crash

Vandals damage lorry and gas main

Suspicious package closes Bradford Royal Mail facility

24th July

Bolton town centre office block ablaze

Fresh talks on 'fat' firefighter

Arson team crack down on rubbish

Council backs fire recruitment bid

Parrot raises alarm in fire

Rabbit saves owners from house fire

Firefighter's donor search in leukaemia battle

Club Redd arsonist caught on CCTV

The two police officers were hospitalised after smothering the man

Petrol tanker fire kills at least 12 in Nigeria

A four-year-old boy has been praised by firefighters after he dialled 999 to raise the alarm about a fire at his home in Liverpool.

25th July

Fire building demolition begins

Two hurt in Leeds city centre crash

Fire crews tackle warehouse blaze

Melton's big warehouse blaze

M42 closed as crash causes huge delays

Flats damaged in city centre fire

Residents leave flats after fire

Teenager charged over street fire

Under threat fire stations to stay open

Special award for long-serving North Yorkshire fire station chief

Mystery may always surround town centre blaze








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26th July

Fire on Rhodes forces evacuation

Teenager found dead after blaze

Huge fire tackled at factory park

Woman dies following house blaze in Leeds

Fire evacuees allowed back home in Barnsley

27th July

Credit crunch hits fire HQ sale

Two town houses damaged in fire

Safety signals for fire station

Family of five escape house blaze

Fires destroy warehouse and cars

28th July

Fire crews tackle warehouse blaze

Large blaze destroys rubbish dump

California fire destroys 12 homes

100 years of entertainment at Weston

Your pictures: Weston pier fire

Weston pier fire in video

Trapped deer saved by fire crews

Coach fire 'explosion risk over'

Breaking News: Goole Fire Station will see its crews reduced.

Man pulled from river in Bedford

Helicopter crash lands on East Sussex garden fence

Owner vows to restore burnt pier

29th July

Fire service flooded with calls

Inquiry into cause of pier fire

Gwiden Sajkeowski carries a child from Windsor House Arson theory as 12 trapped in flats blaze

Crews tackle major hostel blaze

Large blaze engulfs church roof

Store blaze in Rutland treated as suspicious

Blaze store will be demolished

Arsonists set booby trap for fire fighters

Weston pier fire latest Pictures and Video

Purcell Miller Tritton plans hotel for at-risk Manchester fire station

Chaos after huge storm in West Midlands

Bin lorry ends up on side in a ditch

Praise after fatal crash efforts

Clothes dumped by Marsden reservoir spark police search

30th July

Homes evacuated in cylinder alert

CCTV video viewed for fire clues

Ferry fire caused evacuation fear

Andover recycling centre gutted by blaze

HIV fire service man sues Greater Manchester brigade

VIDEO: Exmouth fire engine pull raises money for Breast Cancer

Hovercraft war of words ends in invite to HELiDAYS

Teenager started £35000 warehouse blaze

£100000 in coins lost to pier inferno

31st July

Homes evacuated after shed fire in a Derbyshire town.

Roads are closed after club blaze

Old silk mill goes up in flames

Witness appeal after store fire

Thirty tonnes of rubbish on fire

1st - 2nd August

Thirty tonnes of rubbish on fire

Three dead in fishing boat fire

Clean-up begins in flood-hit town

Hotel cancels weddings after fire

'Twenty die' in India train fire

Fire at industrial unit tackled

Apology for fire delay at cottage

'Ferocious' fire hits Glasgow tower block

Lancashire School fire is deemed suspicious

3rd-4th August

Power restored to town after fire

Firefighters tackle house blaze

Warehouse fire closes QE2 bridge

City flats evacuated after blaze

Fire engine test on rural roads

Neighbours praised in fire rescue

5th - 6th August

Derelict factory fire reignites

Fire crews tackle factory blaze

Experts remove pier fire debris

Eight caravans destroyed in Welsh blaze

Horse and rider stuck upside down

Death crash firefighter in court

Firefighter's MoD claim dismissed

School in Suffolk destroyed by giant fire

Firefighter hurt in factory fire Video

New flats damaged in arson attack

Tanker toxic leak was ice cream

Paramedic praised for fire rescue

Fireman played 'Russian roulette'

Explosion risk forces evacuation

Fire crews free man stuck in clay

7th - 8th August

Family escape from burning home

Death crash fireman found guilty

Blaze rips through £1.5m Dorset mansion

Train fire closes major station

Evacuation after explosion scare

Joint emergency base talks stall

Firefighters tackle church blaze

9th - 10th August

Crews fight third-floor flat fire

Fire leads to service in car park

11th - 12th August

City fire 'started deliberately'

Police name boat fire death men

Residents moved from London fire flats

Toronto recovering from fireball

Fire crews tackle restaurant fire

Restaurant fire causes Birmingham road chaos

13th - 14th August

Crews tackle recycling site fire

Couple die in mobile home blaze

Fire investigation at old school

Three rescued from flooded cars

Five rescued from Soho flat fire

Fire destroys Indian restaurant in Middlesborough

War statue's new home after fire

Flooding follows torrential rain

15th - 16th August

Crews quell wood chip barn fire

Fire in housing for the elderly

Three held after restaurant fire

Hotel guests evacuated in blaze Video

Arson badly damages football club

Blaze drama at Victorian mansion

Fire vehicle for roughest terrain

Widespread chaos caused by floods

17th - 18th August

Service held for hotel fire dead

Crews tackle fire at flour mill

Traffic chaos fears follow floods

Dramatic riverbank rescue

Elderly man rescued from River Wharfe at Wetherby

Residents moved during paint fire

Fire ad warns of electrical risks

Fireball: Blaze rips through Calderdale mill

19th - 20th August

'We went to hell and back'

One dead, many hurt in bus crash

Three arrested for factory fire

Argentine disco fire trial starts

Pub evacuated after fire starts

Action threat over fire proposals in Tayside

Arson surge prompts summer alert

Plympton will get better library after blazePublic library destroyed by fire

Wild weather brings fresh flooding chaos

21st - 22nd August

Video: Fiery Plane Crash at Madrid Airport Kills 153

Madrid plane crash

Pallet fire forces road closure

50 firefighters tackle massive blaze

TV inspired girl's blaze escape

Inquiry Lays Out Chain of Failures in High-Rise Fire

3rd person found dead from Vallejo fire

Large fire in Auckland

Fire in Aukland Video

Fire at scrap yard in Newmarket

Fire Fears After Sparks From iPod

Officers Praised following Dramatic River Rescue

Shift threat to female firefighters in Derbyshire

Police experience life as firefighters

Huge fire at timber yard

Police say pallet fire was arson

Fire forces Scotsman evacuation

Firefighters robbed during floods

Massive blaze reported at scrap yard in Wisbech

Horse put down after an explosion

Video: Raw Video: Train Catches Fire After Derailment

23rd - 24th August

Virigin Atlantic plane in emergency landing at Gatwick Airport

New fire station construction begins

Residents flee fire at Nelson pub

Drive to recruit firefighters in South Wales


Firefighters injured when truck flips on way to house fire

Bel rings changes in fire service

Beltangady: Bullet Tanker Hits Car, Catches Fire - Two Killed

Beltangady: Fire from Burning Tanker Extinguished... Great images!!

Jet Skis join fire department equipment

Train de-rails and Fires video

Train fire shuts West Coast Main Line

Fatal Alton crash was an "accident waiting to happen."

Man's bid to save woman from fire

Man burnt in bouncy castle fire

Cars on fire at Reading Festival

Blaze destroys Indian takeaway

Fire crews tackle fire at bowling alley in  Weston-super-Mare.

25th - 26th August

Bus in road crash near Halton

Woman, 70, saved from burning flat

Malicious fire calls warning

New fire engines unveiled

Passenger Jet Crash Kills Dozens

Woman jailed over two fire deaths

Fears of an explosion close Derby industrial estate

Major fire in great Yarmouth

Historic fire engine restored

Blazing plane at Munich Airport

Fire inspectors travel by bicycle

Work starts on new Watford Fire station

Fight to keep Sedgley fire station

Fire-hit factories demolished

Boy charged over taxi office fire

Suspicious blaze at campsite

Feeling inclined to have a good time?

Traffic light "slices through" overturned lorry

Blazing plane caught on camera

M4 reopened after massive motorway pile-up leaves 13 injured

Thirteen hurt in M4 accident

Mother, child and dog escape fire

Firefighters tackle blaze in Kingswinford

Explosion kills workers at chemical plant in China

Carpet firm hit by blaze

Firefighters tackle carpet blaze

27th - 28th August

New hovercraft for water rescues

In pictures: Arson house

Safety probe over ambulance fires

Fire being treated as suspicious

Family still missing after fire

Petition over fire station future

Woman dies following fire rescue

Dramatic video released by Boise Fire Department

29th - 30th August

Small plane crashes into Las Vegas neighborhood

Two injured in explosion on yacht

Firefighters Get Control Of Pallet Fire In West Salt Lake City

Three firefighters injured battling fire at vacant houses

Black Cat Fireworks destroyed by fire






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Jail for man who set woman alight

Office block is gutted in blaze

Arson attack is suspected on pier

Fire wrecks Lincoln mosque plan church

31st August

Primary school damaged in blaze

Fire rips through bar in resort

Fire at adhesive testing company

Prayers following arson at house

Fire crews tackle blaze in barn near Devizes

Homes cleared after workshop fire

September 1st - 2nd

Pilot crashes helicopter on Dartmoor and walks away with a graze

Fire centre sparks in to life

50 homes evacuated after garage fire









Fire at Chennai`s shopping hub


Chennai Saravana Stores Fire Accident on Sep 1,2008

Mum, 21, dies weeks after house fire

Two flee Nottingham house fire


Rs 50m stuffs gutted in Liberty fire
Upset as arsonists set fire to church

Probe into fire above Weston bar








International Fire Training in Texas

Fire chiefs slam blaze factory's storage

Fire wrecks mosque plan church

Fiji considers new regulations on public bus safety after horror ...

Building site fires spark blazing row

Fire crew from Bradford pelted with bricks

Barn  blaze causes £20,000 damage

Massive fire erupts in SE Houston

Horse rescued from Florida canal

Arson mansion in close-up

Man rescued following flat fire

Fire crews called after death of 25-stone man

Firefighting plane crashes near Reno airport

Plane goes down near airport, killing 3

Kenya road accident kills 15, 24 injured

Woman trapped in M4 collision

3rd - 4th September

Air ambulance touches down following car crash

New deaths in S Africa bush fires

Reward offered after pallets fire

Engine fire led to plane crash

Fire service eyes move for Wearside station

Centre fire and rescue control centre operators will lack vital local knowledge

Fire at the 491 club
The scene last night. Photograph courtesy of Nina Hollington

Fire girl Sam is in the swim

Fire district receives new tanker

SIX fire crews were called to an incident at a town pub in Cambridge.

Maintaining a modern fire
 department no small feat

Shropshire fire service improves delivery of risk data to fire engines

Arson attack at biofuel factory saw giant flames

Woman crashes stolen fire engine

'Father of firefighting' honoured

Explosion fears as petrol tanker catches fire in Lancashire

Car on roof - crash scene

Flood warnings for the Cotswolds

Helicopter strikes oil rig off Dubai coast; 7 dead

Pink Fire Truck Turns Heads, Serves Important Cause

Bravery awards for fire rescue officers

Fire crew's green way to paint Worthing white

5th - 6th September

Experts probe ambulance breakdown

Garage blaze causes road closures

One woman dead in bungalow blaze

Surrey 'Gas explosion' rocks Laleham street

Suffolk Moves to redevelop fire station

Flood chaos hits Welsh homes and roads

Drivers rescued from Devon / Cornwall flood water

2 firefighters injured fighting 4-alarm fire in Worcester USA

Women rescued from burning houses

3 killed, 1 missing in Coast Guard copter crash

Fire brigade reveals Wiltshire rescue figures

Students warned over fire safety

Derelict former party pub destroyed by fire

Peterborough Fire At Train Station

"Green" measures cut fire authority fuel bill by 35%

Shropshire Region battered by downpours












One teenager dies as floods hit Britain

7th - 8th September

Families moved due to oil blaze

Man killed in North Yorkshire fire engine crash

Plea for witnesses after fatal smash 

Homes are flooded in heavy Derbyshire storm

One killed in burning crashed car

Fire crews 'rescue 141 a month ' in road smashes

Fire-hit pier restoration begins

Man held over police office fire

9th - 10th September

Hotel in Great Yarmouth evacuated over nearby fire

Historic pier destroyed in fire

Your pictures: Fleetwood Pier fire BBC

Blaze at Fleetwood Pier Still Being Tackled 

Go behind the scenes at Northallerton fire station

Babies in flat fire taken to hospital

Construction Work Commences At Shannon Fire Station

Cyanide Spill In Attleboro Sends 30 To Hospital

East Sussex Firefighters to answer AFA callouts more slowly

Investigators work at fire pier

Fire at Hockley laundry factory

11th - 12th September

Arson probe police face tough task

Train on fire in Channel Tunnel

Channel Tunnel shut after blaze

Huge Manchester blaze at industrial laundry

Fire causes electricity blackout

Blaze pier partially demolished

Focus turns to cause of tunnel blaze

Crews tackle blaze next to Falmouth school

Homes in Manchester evacuated near garage fire

Fire chief warning over empty properties

13th - 14th September

Channel trains resume after fire

Video: LA Mayor Calls Train Collision 'Human Tragedy'

Metrolink, Union Pacific Trains Collide in California (Update1)

Los Angeles train wreck death toll rises to 17

Border Collie Plucked From River Island By Firefighters

Report highlights fire brigade mobilisation

Woman in hospital after Cardff  flat fire

Burnham-On-Sea fire crews help tackle barn blaze

Firefighters hurt battling blaze Fire breaks out in upstairs

Limerick Fire Service gets new water tender

Vale of Catmose College praises firefighters after blaze

Bike ride in aid of firefighters charity

Scores die in Russian plane crash

Firefighters in Derbyshire tackle crops blaze

Command vehicle for Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Grenade exploded by bomb disposal squad

15th - 16th September

Arsonists target block of flats in Hull

Bank Street fire causes $4 million in damage

Video: 88 killed in Urals plane crash


Four die as Olympian's chopper crashes

Woman fighting for life after fire-truck crash

Torch blamed for Dallas apartment fire

Pensioner dies in Burgh fire

Full emergency at Gatwick

Boy killed in South Yorkshire pylon climb named

Scrapyard fire closes main road

Police unveil new helicopter in Greater Manchester

Chemical factory blaze investigation launched

Job fears over fire service move

17th - 18th September

Blaze at Cheshire exclusive nightspot

'Home alone' kids rescued from fire

Fires force black cabs off roads

Fire destroys former Essex stately home

Old fire engine, gift to Croatia

Southport fire station to get new home at Fairways

High-flying firefighters

Truck Crash in Florida Causes 3 Million Nickels to Spill on Highway

Crush victim dies in Bradford

Fire crews suffer attacks by yobs

Attacks on fire crews still high

Chief thanks tunnel blaze staff

Scrapyard fire damages vehicles

Mansion fire body is teenage girl

Talks over new Dorset fire station plans

Firefighters' fund nears £100,000

Fire emergency boat overturns in Halifax Harbour

Drama in 'smoke-filled' plane at Chichester College

Old fire engines help the town hall celebrate

Fire breaks out in Ampney Crucis

Fire badly damages industrial unit in Long Crendon

Fire crews rescue shire horse from river

HIGH PRAISE FOR LOCAL RETAINED FIREFIGHTERS

Lucky kit car crash escape

Latest: Helicopter crashes near school

Fire crews industrial action vote

Fire in disused furniture plant

Rescue craft put through paces

19th -20th September

Chemical alert at Brighton seafront hotel

Drug grower set fire to his home

Baby dies in Shetland house fire

Three breathe in house fire smoke

21st - 22nd September

Hull Police investigate spate of fires

Fire at China club leaves 43 dead

Rescuers comb Pakistan bomb hotel

Arrests after Chinese club fire

Blaze in Lincoln city centre

Fire service merger plan meetings in Hereford

NSW Fire station crackdown

Former W Yorks fire chief joins board of SFL

Fire training a burning issue for city leader

Two mining mishaps claim 56 lives


3 kids die in Coatesville fire

Fire Ravages Pidley Factory

Fire breaks out at Ketley factory

'Like something out of a film'

Helicopter crashes into house, killing 2 aboard

It's official: Cameron's as tough as nails

Two injured in Manchester microlight crash

Arson probe into scrapyard fire

Fire crews test video technology

23rd - 24th September

Explosion rocks Bath city centre

Fire crews still at scene of major warehouse blaze

Brackmills fire

Firefighters remain at blaze site

M O D warned prior to asbestos fire

Merseyside fire fighter crews in water crisis

Exmouth fire fighters attend suspect Exeter inferno

GANG PELTS FIRE ENGINE WITH BRICKS

Trapped in a falling balloon with no emergency plan

Cheshire Fire Service website wins national award

Cargo Ship Full Of Mattresses, Cars Ablaze On Miami River

Firefighters save cow in animal rescue drama

House fire kills 73-year-old Wetherby man


Taxis withdrawn over fire fault

25th - 26th September

Building blaze causes Glasgow disruption

Fire crew anger over shift changes in Derbyshire

Fire bodies found under bedrooms

Large fire rages at Fort Worth business

New radio system for fire service

Pasadena plant fire extinguished; one worker hurt

Fire crews battling huge tyre blaze near Carlisle airport

Seaford neighbours come to the aid of blaze family

Plaque commemorates first anniversary of Bray fire deaths

Fire sets spectacular scene in Canada

27th - 28th September

At least six injured in Egyptian National Theatre fire

9 killed after ferry catches fire in eastern Indonesia

Homes evacuated near factory fire

Crews tackle fire at steelworks

London bingo hall ravaged by blaze

Mother-of-two dies in house fire

Crews tackle chip restaurant fire

Woman dies after family rescued

Sayers former bakery in Norris Green hit by fire

100 left homeless as fire razes 19 houses in Malaysia


Petrol station car crash could have set my house on fire

29th - 30th September

Man is set alight in fire attack

Blaze at petrol station tackled

Fire strikes children's hospital firefighters injured

Fire at Great Ormond Street Hospital

Children woken from anaesthetic in hospital fire

Mother in fatal house fire named

Firemen called to rescue branch from a tree after iguana mistake

Wiltshire fire service trains animal rescue specialists

Car plunges onto Fylde railway line

Highbridge residents evacuated after electrical fire at flats complex

Boat caught fire off Puffin Island

A3 tunnel sparks call for new fire station

Race claim fireman's colleagues 'put eggs in his boots'

Safety checks for more black cabs

Cutty Sark blaze was accidental

Huge blaze at tyre centre probed

New wind turbine helps our fire service go green

Youngsters learn new life skills and discipline with the fire service in South Yorkshire

Columbus Firefighters Memorial Service set for Sunday

Pedestrian trapped under lorry

Woman cut free from crushed car

New high-tech fire truck features 8 computers, 32-metre reach

October 1st - 2nd

Japan video store fire kills 15
Image by AP

Fire crews tackled yard explosion

Dozens evacuated in garage fire

Fire-damaged Channel train moved

Homes evacuated in Plymouth gas main blaze

Two boys killed in city centre crash

Fire station closes for last time

Huge blaze at Bradford city centre mill

City mill building gutted in fire

Crews extinguish 'enormous' blaze

Stack fire thought to be arson

Three injured in luxury car smash

Blaze at Lothian petrol station

Major fire at Shropshire industrial

October 3rd - 4th

Wool bales delay Bradford fire mill demolition

School badly damaged in huge York fire

Fire rips through York High School

Bogus fire officer alert

Fire crews spend all night battling Torrington barn blaze

Footage video and images of Shropshire factory fire

Firefighters rush to oil spill


Plymouth homes evacuated after cracked gas main sets alight

Road closures due to house fire

Woman dies following house fire

Caravan occupant killed in blaze

Fire drama in Chorley firefighters tackled a huge blaze.

Young brothers die in house fire

5th - 6th October

St Helens parade off after fire

Nine cars burned in fire attack

Boys' fire death house searched

LAFD: This is Fire Prevention Week!

Kitchen fire at Whitecross pub

Explosions at haulage yard blaze

Holiday home blaze blocks trains

Tributes to fire death brothers

Fire crews in Derbyshire get flood rescue kit

Fire at McDonald's in Chester

Fire Service College short listed for national training award

Changes on cards for Herefordshire services

Victims of Buncefield oil depot fire set for £700m payout

7th - 8th October

Tractor blaze kills four calves

Ademolu Onabajo sent this photograph of a fuel tanker in eastern Nigeria which caught fire along the Ijebu Ode-Sagamu Express Road. He says it is a "sign of the state of Nigerian roads". BBC News


Nairobi fireman attempt to put out a blaze in the Kenyan capital's Mathare slum where Stephen Mudiari says fires are almost a daily occurrence BBC News

Elderly woman killed in house fire in Workington

Fire Destroys Former Car Dealership more images on site

House fire hero saves old lady

‘Hoaxers beware’ as police and fire merge 999 centres

Flat fire body: Death 'not suspicious'

10000 sign Sedgley’s retained fire station, threat petition

Eastbourne fire investigation continues

Rhyl's new fire station open for business

Fireworks go up in smoke

Lorry explodes on A19 near Tyne Tunnel

Repairs shut A19 after lorry fire

Family escapes flat blaze

Two cars collide on Leeds Road

Shock DVD shows fire engulfing bus

Stolen car caused mill blaze

Neighbours rescue family in Leeds blaze

Mill fire police hunt silver car

30 people made homeless by fire

Teenage biker is pinned under car

Everest plane crash kills 18 tourists in Nepal

Market Rasen area rocked by earthquake exercise

9th - 10th October

Inverness high school damaged by fire

Leicestershire Post office fire 'is suspicious'

Fire breaks out at factory unit

Tenant's flat destroyed in fire

Fire families forced to stay away

11th - 12th October

Man dies after Blackpool house fire rescue

Scarborough fire crew helps fight moors blaze

Social club fire still under investigation

Historic landmark (old Filey Fire Station) in need of repairs

St. Louis firetrucks collide rushing to blaze

Truckdriver in Leeds horror smash

5 Killed in Chelsea Apartment Fire

Arson attack destroys golf club

Arsonists start one major fire every day

Four led from fire in city flats

Large barn fire near Cullompton

Blaze at home for elderly people

Fire under control aboard former coast guard ship

New lights planned to say "Fire Truck coming out!"

Football fans killed in M1 crash

13th - 14th October

£2.5m Harrogate Fire station opens

Three people rescued from Manchester blaze 

Vehicles set on fire in Gatwick car park

Sparkler fire 'could have killed'

Man hurt in suspicious Aberdeen pub blaze

Alert over Louth derelict building fire

Three people ill after arson fire

Fire roars across US base

Essex: county fire service gets go-ahead for closer links with Kent

Two charged after city pub blaze

Deadly flat fire mystery

Fire at York School ‘started in school kiln’

Aerosol lorry fire shuts M62 motorway

Aerosol lorry fire shuts motorway

House damaged in Oxford arson attack

Blaze at football club was arson

15th - 16th October

LA wildfire fight makes progress

Builders' merchants fire put out

Evacuation in Aberdeen after fire gas alert

Fire at National Trust farmhouse in Oxfordshire.

Full Tunnel reopening in February 09

Restoration plan at fire-hit hall

Blaze sparks alert at giant gas terminal

Seaside quay blaze blamed on arsonists

Horry Co. fire station damaged by fire

Final fire station conversion plans revealed

Crawley business offers £1000 reward after "mindless" arson

'Punch drunk' pony rescued from swimming pool

Dog rescued after 200ft cliff fall

Pottery kiln link to school fire

Fire causes damage at high school

House damaged in Oxford arson attack

Plans for West Midlands fire stations revealed

Fire at National Trust farmhouse

Crews tackle fire at Plymouth nursing home

Blaze ravages London hospital buildings
Photo by Ronnie Stevenson/FR Pix

Probe into serious Birmingham college fire

Bowling club arson attack

Eight rescued in West Sussex flats fire drama

£26m funding for NI fire service
Fire crews tackle Exeter store roof fire

17th - 18th October

Fire crews tackle huge Wiltshire barn blaze

Fire service seek part-time staff

Crew shortage 'affects 999 cover'

Passer-by helps save  Nottingham fire victims

Ontario Police seize speeding fire rescue truck from Quebec

California wildfires nearly fully surrounded all 7,038 news articles »

Skills for life . . .

Hereford Bonfire party in the park

Helicopter crash-lands at Shoreham Airport

Hollyoaks actors front firework campaign

Fire Ruins Landmark Prague Palace

Fire at historic Czech landmark

TalkSport back on air after studio fire

Fire rips through Cambridge city flat

Fire at Wrexham barn containing 'explosive fertiliser'

Health and safety brings Southport Fire Station pole to an end

Fire chiefs meet union for talks over shift changes

Crews tackle fire at Scarborough town stadium

Light aircraft crashes off Robin Hood's Bay:

Pair escape Dorset bungalow fire unhurt

Two treated after takeaway blaze

160 firefighters tackle West Yorks school blaze

Inferno devastates Pontefract school

School had no sprinkler system

The day my whole life went up in flames

Massive fire 'devastates' school

Protest against Weymouth fire station plan

Derelict building is gutted in blaze

19th - 20th October

Evacuation after fire on oil rig

Firefighters called to barn blaze

Fire base thieves attack as crew attend emergency call-out

Fire at Coventry former car factory site

Fire put out at ex-Peugeot site

Pair pulled from quarry in Humberside rescue

Camber residents give the all-clear after fire

Warning over merged fire control

TOP GEAR fans have blasted Jeremy Clarkson for blowing up a rare Routemaster bus worth £20000

Fire blaze death not suspicious

Fury at plans to axe Lancashire fire control room

Plastic fire engines in Greater Manchester ready to roll

Barking dog saved me from blaze

Seacroft: Teenager in hospital after fire

Cheshire fire service launch safety DVD for young people

Man killed, 9 flee house fire

Pontefract school blaze arrest

Blaze school headteacher praises firefighters

Quattro condo project in Canada will be rebuilt

'Cover' South Yorkshire firefighters are targeted

Roleplay highlights perils of crime

Woman killed in horror crash

‘The tenants upstairs were hanging out of the window’

Sticky end for factory

21st - 22nd October

Fire crews deal with pallet blaze

Blaze picture shows fire impact

Arson suspected in fire at church

Delay for new fire control centre

M6 family death toll rises to six

Smoke casualties after Leicestershire pub fire

Pier blaze cause remains unknown

School bounces back after blaze

In Pictures: Fire-hit school reopens

Probe into two barn fires at farm

Fire crews hunt escaped hamster

23rd - 24th October

Two held over burned out vehicle

Firemen refuse to drive new 'jerky' fire engines

Family-of-six escape Merseyside house fire

Almost 75% of fires are arsons

Man rescued from car on hill edge

New Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Authority chief fire officer appointed

Fire-hit school ready to reopen

Fire breaks out at Knowsley recycling site

Man dies after house fire rescue

Call for review of fire control centre project

25th - 26th October

Firefighters tackle Shipley factory blaze

Blaze hits actor's historic home  Picture: Justin Crowther

In pictures: Garrick's Villa fire   Photo: Alan Cornwell.

Two cut free from overturned car

Fire families still cannot return

Blast at Canadian plastics plant

South-side fire still a mystery
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RAMPURHAT New fire station soon

Hundreds of turkeys die in Bolton fire

Fire crews in West Yorkshire get a letter asking if they are gay or straight

Explosions, fire light up morning sky

Huge, 3-alarm fire in Uptown

Materials destroyed in  factory fire

Firefighters lift 47-stone Leeds woman from home

£75,000 damage as arsonists hit firm

Crews tackle fire in dry cleaners

Farmyard blaze wrecks machinery

Fire experts probe 'arson' attack

Inquiry after manor house blaze

Exclusion zone around fire lifted

Livestock saved from barn blaze

27th - 28th October

School building site in Bradford fire tackled

Feeder tour bus destroyed by fire












Two hurt in sheltered flats fire

Hero dog risks life to save kittens from fire

Fire rips through Scarborough community centre

Dawn blaze leaves Rushden charity homeless

Five-year-old child dies in London fire

Firebugs: You've been warned!

Bar fire drama at Northampton club

Fire breaks out on Wilton Road Salisbury

Firefighters lured and stoned by yobs in Whiston

Huge pallet fire destroys home in Pheonix and forces evacuations

Boss's pledge over fire-hit firm

Men's Institute destroyed by fire

29th - 30th October

Baby in Blackpool fire rescue drama

Blaze hits Falmouth dockyard paint store

Blaze at Warehouse

View our video of the fire

Two people hurt in Torquay bedroom fire

Dangerous Halloween outfits found

Fire control centre opening delay

Man killed as plane hits tractor

Factory explosion rocks town

Crew hurt in Lanarkshire fire engine attack

Hailstorm chaos
Photo: Jo Hardy

Sidmouth fire engine rescued in hail storm

Exmouth fire crews battle through the night against extreme

Four rescued from West Sussex care home  
fire

House fire murder attempt charge

SmartWater first for Bedfordshire fire service

Fire lesson saves girl's life

Burglars set house on fire

Fire breaks out at Loughborough trading estate

Fire minister backs Echo campaign

Fire crews rescue construction man

31st October

Disasters programme 'inadequate'

Fire fear sparks battery recall

Fire crews tackle Surrey building blaze

Five treated after 'severe' fire