Elderly man has lucky escape from cigarette fire
A 91 year old man from East Grinstead has had a lucky escape after a fire broke out at his flat while he slept. The man, who is deaf, discarded a cigarette which then set fire to a tea towel on the...
View ArticleEldery woman suffers burns in flat fire
An elderly woman is being treated in hospital for smoke inhalation and minor burns after being rescued from a fire at her flat in Stanley yesterday morning. The woman’s sons escaped from the fire and...
View ArticleLeading businessman dies in mansion fire
A businessman has died in a fire at his home near Falkirk earlier this week. Christophe Ferrand who was a senior manager at Aegon Asset Management was rescued from the fire but later died in hospital....
View ArticleMan rescued from house as sofa goes up in flames
A man was rescued from a fire at his home after a passer-by and a policeman jumped in to help. Taffy Prosser and Sergeant Carl Jones helped the man escape from his flat in Grenville Road, Dines Green,...
View ArticleNeighbour rescues man from burning flat
A man has been rescued from a fire at his home by his neighbour who noticed smoke coming from the neighbouring flat at around 2.00am on 2nd February. Mr Parkinson said: “It is lucky I had the night...
View ArticleElderly woman escapes house fire thanks to smoke alarms
Firefighters are stressing the importance of having working smoke alarms at home after an elderly woman escaped from a fire at her home last week. The fire is thought to have started when a spark from...
View Article13 die in Turkish prison fire
Thirteen prisoners have died in a fire at a Turkish prison which broke out on the evening of 16th June. It has been reported that the fire was started deliberately by inmates during a dispute. Five...
View ArticleResidents evacuated in tower block fire
Seven residents were rescued by firefighters after a huge fire ripped through a block of flats in Lewisham on the morning of 15th August. Five women and two young children were rescued from the flats...
View ArticleNeighbour rescues family from burning house
A mother and five children were rescued from their Margate home after a fire broke out in the kitchen. Officials say that it is thought the fire started when an electric cooker was left on accidentally...
View ArticleNine rescued from Glasgow tenement fire
In the early hours of Monday morning on the 11th March 2013 9 people were rescued after a fire broke out in a tenement building in the west end of Glasgow. It started in the Crow Road flats at 2.21am...
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