Month: February 2012

  • February 16, 2012

Fire At Sheltered Housing

Edge Hill, Liverpool Firefighters were called out to a fire at sheltered accomodation in Liverpool. It broke out in the kitchen of the flat in Edge Hill at around 3.22pm. A pan of food was damaged by fire and the kitchen was damaged by smoke. Firefighters were there for around…
Shrewsbury Chinese restaurant blaze
  • February 13, 2012

Shrewsbury Chinese restaurant blaze

A Chinese takeaway in Shrewsbury was destroyed when a blaze tore through it while the owner was away on holiday. Fire crews called to the two-storey New Lee Sing take-away in Monkmoor Road initially feared someone might be trapped in a flat above the business. Six firefighters donned breathing gear…
Shopping arcade evacuated after fire
  • February 13, 2012

Shopping arcade evacuated after fire

Chapel Lane, Southport A shopping arcade in Southport was evacuated following a fire on Saturday. The fire broke out at Marble Place shopping precinct on Chapel Lane at around 10.50am. Firefighters were called out after an extension lead overheated in the atrium. The lead was damaged by fire and there…
Two men injured in town centre blaze
  • February 8, 2012

Two men injured in town centre blaze

TWO men were taken to hospital - and Blackpool town centre sealed off - after a blaze ripped through a shop. More than 50 firefighters were drafted in at 5am today after reports of a fire in the old Poundstoppers store on Birley Street. Two men in a flat above…
Grade I Listed Building fined for fire safety breaches
  • February 8, 2012

Grade I Listed Building fined for fire safety breaches

A 14th century wedding venue has been fined more than £23,00 for putting lives at risk through a lack of fire safety. Haslington Hall Ltd, owners of the Grade 1 listed building, appeared Chester Magistrates on Monday accused of nine serious breaches of fire safety. The luxury wedding venue was…
  • February 8, 2012

Dangerous Heating Amnesty

An amnesty on dangerous heating is being launched by Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service for the elderly in a bid to reduce house fires and deaths. It will offer vulnerable pensioners the opportunity to swap their unsafe heaters for free oil-filled radiators at seven fire stations in Merseyside as part…
Firefighters tackle blaze at Liverpool scrapyard
  • February 7, 2012

Firefighters tackle blaze at Liverpool scrapyard

Firefighters have tackled a large-scale blaze at a scrapyard in Liverpool close to the city's docks. Twelve fire appliances and about 50 firefighters were called to the S Norton & Co site on Derby Road, Bootle on Saturday night (4th February) at 7pm after a pile of scrap metal caught…
Firework sales warning to Wirral traders
  • February 7, 2012

Firework sales warning to Wirral traders

WIRRAL shopkeepers are being warned about selling fireworks without a special licence. Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service is reminding businesses that it is illegal to sell fireworks from now until October unless they have a permit. It comes after a local tradesman pleaded guilty to selling them at his shop…

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