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The Latest Breaking News on Wildfires

Arsonists set wrong house on fire as brick thrown through window

A brick was thrown through the window and the front door was set on fire

Liverpool Echo

85-year-old man dies after firefighters rescue him from blaze at his South Shields bungalow

The 85-year-old resident passed away at South Tyneside District Hospital on Sunday

Chronicle Live

London Coca-Cola factory acid leak sees 200 staff evacuated as fire crews rush to scene

Firefighters were seen donning chemical protection suits and breathing equipment after reports of a spillage involving hydrochloric acid at the site in south-east London where 200 people had to be evacuated

Daily Mirror

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Hastings fire: Huge blaze at ex-nightclub as neighbours told shut windows and stay away

A massive fire has ripped through a former nightclub on George Street, in Hastings, with local residents told to keep their windows and doors closed, and avoid the sea front area

Daily Mirror

Bexley chemical leak: Police urge residents to keep windows closed after spill

‘No injuries have been reported’

Evening Standard

Inferno village still traumatised 6 months on from fire hell on hottest day of 2022

Wildfires broke out across tinder-dry Britain on July 19, 2022 leaving firefighters battling in the heatwave. It was the busiest day for the London Fire Brigade since the Second World War

Daily Mirror

Andrew Halliday: Man, 52, dies in fatal house fire in Omagh

The PSNI and NIFRS are continuing to investigate the cause of the fatal blaze

Belfast Live

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Car found torched on Scots footbridge as cops probe 'deliberate fire'

Emergency services raced to the Coltbridge Viaduct over the Water of Leith in Edinburgh after the alarm was raised at around 7pm on Monday.

Daily Record

Edinburgh police probe torched cars left abandoned in residential area days apart

Eyewitnesses in the area described their shock as the car went up in furious flames on a bridge across the Water of Leith on Monday night.

Edinburgh Live

Engineers working on gas leak after junction closed in Nottingham

Workers have been dealing with a gas escape on a 24” diameter low pressured gas pipe

Nottingham Post

Man taken to hospital after fire breaks out in high-rise Knightswood flat

Emergency services were called to Archerhill Square on Tuesday night after a fire broke out inside a flat in the high-rise block. A man was taken to hospital following the incident.

Glasgow Live

Grenfell showed exactly why we need red tape, yet the Tories are desperate to bin thousands of laws

As parliament debates sweeping away EU rules, MPs should remember that deregulation paved the way to the deadly fire in 2017, says author Peter Apps

The Guardian - UK

2 Killed After Fire Breaks Out In West Bengal's East Medinipur

At least two people were killed after a fire broke out in the East Medinipur district of West Bengal on Wednesday. Read on for details:

Dynamite News

Teenage girl, 18, with 'heart of gold' tragically dies in fatal flat blaze

Police believe the body belongs to Leah Casson, and was found in the property after the fire broke out just before 3.30am on Monday.

Daily Record

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The Conversation

20 years ago, vast bushfires razed Canberra's suburbs – and bushfire science was never the same

It has been 20 years to the day since bushfires burst out of the Brindabella Ranges and into the suburbs of our nation’s bush capital. Four lives were lost, many people were injured and more than 500 homes were destroyed.

The Canberra Times

'A day like no other': when Canberra's quiet summer became a wildfire hell

The 20th anniversary of the Canberra firestorm, which destroyed over 500 homes and killed four people

The Canberra Times

Why urban fire trucks failed on the bushfire frontline

Five of Canberra's fire trucks were disabled during the 2003 firestorm.

Wales Online

Several pets killed in fire which started in caravan and spread to house in Cardiff

Fire crews from multiple stations across south Wales were called to the scene

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AAP

Canberra fires lessons yet to be learned

Two decades on from Canberra's most destructive bushfires, which destroyed 500 homes and killed four people, firefighters are warning of action still needed.

Daily Record

Car bursts into flames on busy Ayrshire road after crash as fire crews rush to inferno

Stunned motorists watched on as fire crews extinguished the car blaze near Ayr station this morning.

Chronicle Live

Tragedy as teenage girl with 'heart of gold' dies in North Shields flat fire

Tributes had today been paid to 18-year-old Leah Casson who lost her life in the blaze on Vicarage Street

Evening Standard

Victoria fire: 60 firefighters called to blaze on building under construction in central London

A highly visible fire broke out at a construction site near Victoria Station, with black plumes of smoke seen from miles away.

Daily Mirror

Huge plumes of black smoke fill sky as fire breaks out in London building

The London Fire Brigade were called to a blaze in the Victoria area of the city in central London. Around 60 firefighters attended the scene opposite Victoria Station

Belfast Live

Northern Ireland Fire Service attacked by youths while responding to emergency call

The team were forced to withdraw due to safety reasons

Liverpool Echo

Man who died in Formby house fire named as police search for family

The body of the 65-year-old was found after a fire ripped through house

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