Seven homeless after care home blaze

Firefighters were called to a care home on the Essex coast on Thursday August 23rd when a blaze broke out in the building, leaving seven people homeless. The incident occurred at The Firs on Thorpe Road in Frinton-on-Sea at around 5.50pm. It was caused when a drink...

Care home fined for fire safety breaches

The owners of a care home in Kendray, Barnsley, have had to pay more than £11,000 in fines and costs for breaching fire safety legislation. Park Care Ltd, the owners of Park Grange nursing home, pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety)...

Fire hits Olympic sailing venue hours before opening

A fire broke out at the Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth just hours before the opening ceremony on Friday, according to journalists. Press were gathered at Weymouth Pavilion on Friday evening waiting to speak to the British sailing team when emergency services...

Sussex warehouse hit by fire

Fire crews have tackled a huge blaze which broke out at a warehouse in Sussex on Tuesday (24th July). The blaze broke out in the Sussex Skips building on the North Quay, Newhaven, just after midnight and lit up the local skyline. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered...

UK house fire figures could be double official statistics

New research suggests that the amount of UK house fires could be double official government statistics. Stone Wool insulation provider Rockwool has found only half of all UK house fires were attended by fire brigades in the last five years. The rest of the blazes were...