A fire in a Bristol nail and beauty salon has destroyed the building and caused severe damage to a neighbouring restaurant.
Creations Nail and Beauty Salon was so damaged that it was declared unstable, while the roof of the next-door Simply Thai restaurant collapsed, according to This is Bristol.
The blaze, which caused other nearby shops to be evacuated and closed the main Gloucester Road, burnt from 10am, when firefighters from Avon Fire and Rescue Service were called.
No one …

Firefighters were called to a school in Croxteth after a fire was discovered in a classroom yesterday 21st June
When crews arrived at they discovered a 2nd floor science classroom at De La Salle School well alight.
Watch Manager Tony Lynott said: “The whole classroom was involved in the fire. We extinguished it and ventilated it very quickly, which has helped to minimise the smoke damage.”
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service was called shortly before 1pm, when the school was …

Wirral business woman Lisa Collins the owner of Daisy and Jake Day Nursery who have three premises across the Wirral have had some great news. Lisa has been nominated for Merseyside Business Woman of the Year 2011. Show your support for the Wirral and please vote for her by clicking the following link:
http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2011/05/19/vote-for-merseyside-s-woman-of-the-year-2011-92534-28721465/5/
Lisa had this to say,
“When looking for childcare for my own children I began to realise there was a real gap in the market for …

Passengers had to be evacuated from Birmingham International train station on Monday (June 20th) after a fire alarm went off.
The station, which serves the nearby international airport, was closed for around half an hour from 10.20am as firefighters investigated the cause of the false alarm, reports the Birmingham Mail.
A spokesperson for Virgin Trains told the news provider that it is believed the fumes from a train set off the fire alarm detection system.
“It is believed the root …

The body of a 37-year-old man has been recovered following a serious fire in a food factory.
Around 60 firefighters were called to the Wicken Fen Food factory in Duns, Scotland, at 11.30 pm on 19 June.
The single-storey building, which was partitioned into a carpet factory and a food processing factory, burned through the night. The fire was finally out at 5 am.
Details of the man who died have not been released.
A spokeswoman for Lothian and Borders …

Fire crews deal with a blaze at The Wern scrapyard in Frondeg, RhostyllenTWO mobile cabins were burned to the ground in an arson attack.
Fire broke out early yesterday at The Wern scrapyard at Frondeg, Rhostyllen, near Wrexham.
Two fire engines were sent to tackle the blaze shortly before 6.40am, and it took them two and a half hours to put out. Nobody was injured.
A joint inquiry between North Wales Police and North Wales Fire and Rescue Service …

A Haydock resident had a lucky escape after a fridge freezer caught fire in his kitchen this morning.
The occupier was alerted by a neighbour who banged on the front door of the house in Vista Road.
Two fire crews from St Helens and Newton-Le-Willows were called at 6:14am.
A fridge freezer was involved in the fire and the kitchen was left severely damaged by smoke. Other rooms on the ground floor were also smoke damaged.
Firefighters carried …

In recent years, social media such as Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Flickr, LinkedIn, YouTube, and the blogs of individuals or organisations, have become widely used to communicate with the public. The fire service has not been slow to realise their potential. In recent months, news reports have spoken of the use of social media for purposes as diverse as making available online the proceedings of budget meetings in South Yorkshire; the recruitment of women and black and minority ethnic fire-fighters and …

2 June 2011
Two bed and breakfast owners have been fined for obstructing fire safety inspectors trying to inspect their property to ensure it was safe.
Mr Richard Williams-Allen, 70 and Mrs Lesley Williams-Allen, 64, of The Laurels Bed and Breakfast, Inchbrook, Nailsworth, both pleaded guilty to obstructing the premises as well as failing to provide information about the property.
Both appeared at Cheltenham Magistrates Court last week, where Mr Williams-Allen was fined £350 and ordered to pay costs of …

1 June 2011
Six executives at a steel maker’s plant in Italy have been sentenced to long terms in prison in the aftermath of a 2007 fire in which seven workers lost their lives, according to Italian news agency ANSA.
Doctor Harald Espenhahn, chief executive in Italy of German multinational firm ThyssenKrupp, was convicted of second degree murder and sentence to sixteen and a half years in prison. Four other executives – Marco Pucci, Gerald Pregnitz, Giuseppe Salerno and …