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Three Northumberland teens arrested following school fire
30 Dec 2011Three teenagers have been arrested in Northumberland in connection with a fire which that severely damaged an empty school building. Fire crews were called to the former Wensleydale Middle School in ...
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Best strategy for encouraging use of working fire alarms revealed
29 Dec 2011Offering education, fire risk assessments and free or low-cost equipment is the best way to encourage greater use of working smoke alarms in people's homes, according to new research. A study ...
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Investigation launched into Devon shop fire
28 Dec 2011An investigation has been launched into the cause of a fire that broke out in a shop in Devon last week. Fire crews were called to the shop in Totnes high ...
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Scunthorpe residents ordered to remove 'fire risk' Christmas tree
23 Dec 2011A couple from Scunthorpe have been ordered to remove a Christmas tree they placed in a communal area of their flat as it is deemed a fire risk. North Lincolnshire Homes ...
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MP calls for automatic fire sprinklers in all new buildings
23 Dec 2011An MP from Lowestoft in Suffolk is calling on laws to be changed so that automatic fire sprinklers are made mandatory in all new homes and buildings. Waveney MP Peter Aldous ...
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Unwanted fire signals make up most calls for Northern Ireland Fire Service
23 Dec 2011Reducing false alarms will be one of the key priorities for the Northern Ireland Fire Service (NIFRS) in the future, after it was inundated with unwanted fire signals this year. According ...
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More than 100 firefighters tackle Lancashire business park blaze
22 Dec 2011More than 100 firefighters have been tackling a large blaze that broke out on an industrial estate in Lancashire. Fire crews were called to Lancashire Enterprise Business Park in Leyland, after ...
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Lincoln nursing home staff praised for fire response
22 Dec 2011Staff at a nursing home in Lincoln have been praised for the way in which they responded to a fire that broke out on the premises this week. Firefighters were called ...
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Harrogate homes left without power following substation fire
21 Dec 2011More than 19,000 homes and businesses in Harrogate were left without fire following a fire at a local substation. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the facility in ...
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Four rescued from Port Glasgow block blaze
21 Dec 2011Four people had to be rescued from a tenement block in Scotland after a fire broke out in a communal area on the ground floor of the building. Strathclyde Fire and ...
