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Milton Keynes fatal fire: Arrested man released from bail
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- May 24, 2013
A 58-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in a fire in Milton Keynes has been released from bail, police said.
Officers now believe the fire in a property in St Leger Court, Great Linford on Sunday is unlikely to ...
Ninth arrest over Birkby fatal house fire in 2002
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A ninth person has been arrested on suspicion of assisting a man who police want to trace over a Huddersfield house fire which killed eight family members.
A 38-year-old man was held on suspicion of assisting an offender and released on bail, West Yo...
Westbourne fire death woman named as Gemma Bishop
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A woman whose body was found following a fire at a house in West Sussex has been named as 29-year-old Gemma Bishop.
Ms Bishop's body was discovered in the property in Edgell Road, Westbourne, near Emsworth on the Hampshire border, at about 11:00 BST ...
Harlow fire deaths: Man arrested in connection with Shakoor case
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A man has been arrested in connection with the deaths of six members of a family in a fire at their Essex home.
The 19-year-old from Harlow was arrested on suspicion of murder, attempted murder, arson and burglary.
The arrest follows the deaths at Ba...
Driftwood Black Pearl 'pirate ship' targeted by arsonists
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A pirate ship made from driftwood gathered from a Merseyside beach has been badly damaged in a suspected arson attack.
The structure, at New Brighton, Wallasey, was built by artist Frank Lund and nicknamed the Black Pearl.
Firefighters were called to...
Sharkey fire deaths: Victim 'got what he deserved'
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A man accused of murdering Thomas Sharkey and his two children in a house fire is alleged to have told his boss that the father "got what he deserved".
Simon Fraser told the High Court in Glasgow that Scott Snowden made the remark at a restaurant in ...
Chimney dismantled to rescue boy, 14
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
Firefighters in South Lanarkshire have dismantled a 20ft (6m) tall chimney stack, brick by brick, to rescue a 14-year-old boy who got wedged inside.
He became stuck in the chimney of the single-storey building in Cassels Street, Carluke, at 17:15 on ...
Eight arrested over Birkby fatal house fire
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
Six men and two women have been arrested in connection with a house fire in Huddersfield which killed eight members of the same family.
The men aged 16, 25, 28, 34, 35 and 64 and women, aged 32 and 55, were held on suspicion of assisting an offender ...
Hoarded items delay Newton Aycliffe fire rescue
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
The victim of a house fire had hoarded so many items inside her County Durham home that rescuers had difficulty getting inside, an inquest heard.
Anne Bradshaw, 66, died in hospital after the fire in Honister Place, Newton Aycliffe, in May 2012.
Item...
Westcliff men overcome by 'dangerous' toilet fumes
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
Two men have been taken to hospital and their building evacuated after being overcome by fumes created by a dangerous gas in their toilet bowl.
Essex Fire and Rescue Service said they were called to a ground floor flat in Anerley Road, Westcliff at a...
Milton Keynes fatal fire: Man held on suspicion of murder released
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A 58-year-old man arrested on suspicion of murder after a woman was found dead in a fire in Milton Keynes has been released on bail, police say.
Emergency services were called to a property at St Leger Court, Great Linford, just before 20:00 BST on S...
First new West Midlands firefighters for three years to be recruited
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
West Midlands Fire Service (WMFS) is to recruit new firefighters for the first time in three years, it has said.
The 50 new firefighters are needed as the service reports firefighter numbers have been "falling dramatically".
The WMFS said about six f...
Manchester care home evacuated in fire
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
Twelve residents were evacuated from a care home in Manchester after a fire.
One elderly woman suffered burns in the blaze which broke out in a ground-floor flat at Doves Nest Nursing Home, Newton Heath, at 21:50 BST on Tuesday.
Firefighters rescued ...
Sharkey fire deaths: Murder trial hears of pub fire
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A man who died along with his two children after a house fire was left "gutted" when a pub he was renovating was burned down, a court has heard.
DJ Scott Sinclair, 25, told the High Court in Glasgow he discussed a job at The Mariners pub in Helensbur...
Man in hospital after Dalkeith river rescue
- News Item
- May 24, 2013
A man is in a serious condition in hospital after being rescued by firefighters from a river bank.
He was trapped 30m down a bank of the River Esk in Dalkeith, Midlothian, at 02:20.
Fire crews used a line and a stretcher to winch the man up the bank ...
Humberside fire crews could be cut to save extra £5m
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- May 24, 2013
Up to six fire crews could be cut as part of Humberside Fire and Rescue Service's plans to shed a further £5m from its budget, the BBC has learned.
Details of the plans were revealed at a press conference earlier.
In 2010 the service said it had to ...
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