News

  • January 25, 2013

Chemical company fined over fire safety breaches

Failure to comply with fire safety legislation has led to a fine of more than £10,000 for a chemical manufacturing company in Tameside. According to Tameside Radio, Atom Scientific Ltd pleaded guilty to seven breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 and was convicted on January 23rd. Officers…
  • January 25, 2013

Discarded cigarette to blame for recycling centre blaze

Judges have ruled that a discarded cigarette was the probable cause of a huge blaze that broke out at a recycling centre near Milton Keynes in 2005. According to the BBC, the Court of Appeal said there was "compelling" evidence that a freelance electrician working on the site had smoked…
  • January 24, 2013

Man Found Dead After Fire At House In Eastham

A PENSIONER was found dead after a fire at his home. Fire crews were called to a bungalow in Lowfields Close, Eastham, Wirral, just after 11am yesterday, after members of the public raised the alarm. When they arrived, they entered the burning building and found the body of an elderly…
Safety Tips After Candles Cause Fires
  • January 24, 2013

Safety Tips After Candles Cause Fires

Candles caused a number of house fires during the festive season and in January. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service was called to six fires involving candles between December 23, 2012, and January 2 this year. On January 1 firefighters were called after a candle set fire to curtains in a…
Lakanal House fire inquest hears of victims’ final 999 calls
  • January 24, 2013

Lakanal House fire inquest hears of victims’ final 999 calls

Jurors at the inquest into the deaths of six people in the Lakanal House tower block fire heard accounts of the final desperate phone calls they made to fire service control from their burning flats. The inquest into the devastating 2009 fire began yesterday and is expected to last until…
Laptop started fire
  • January 23, 2013

Laptop started fire

A couple lost their 25 year old son in a fire at home on June 4th. The son who had graduated with MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison two weeks earlier had come home for a while. He had lunch with his dad at home and decided to go back…
WIRRAL FIRE PROTECTION’S FIVE-A-SIDE STARS SHINE
  • November 14, 2012

WIRRAL FIRE PROTECTION’S FIVE-A-SIDE STARS SHINE

FOR ‘STICK AND STEP’ LOCAL BASED CHILDREN’S CHARITY   Final Score: WIRRAL FIRE PROTECTION_ 18     CITY ELECTRICAL FACTORS  11 I t was never going to be long before Wirral Fire Protection put their boots on to prove a point to Birkenhead based Electrical supplier, CEF’s taunts to step up to…
  • October 16, 2012

Discarded fire extinguisher explodes in Belfast

A used fire extinguisher left discarded in a bin in Belfast exploded after two council workers attempted to place it in a refuse vehicle. On 22nd September, residents in the Holylands area of the city heard a loud bang and feared it was a bomb blast. However, it was discovered…

Sign In

Sign Up