Firefighters lead a 65-year-old man to safety following a fire in a flat in Wallasey, Wirral. Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service received the call at 3.01pm on Wednesday, July 27 and crews were alerted at 3.03pm. They were on scene at 3.08pm. Two fire engines attended the incident, which occurred on Marshlands Road. The fire,…

A landlord who continued to rent out a house to tenants despite being warned it was a death trap has narrowly avoided prison. Andrew Kennedy, 38, of Churchfield, Fulwood, Preston, had five people living at the mid-terraced two storey house on Hawkhurst Road, Penwortham despite no smoke alarms being fitted. Preston Crown Court was given…

A landlord is to be sentenced at Liverpool Crown Court next week after pleading guilty to seven charges relating to fire safety. Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service brought the charges against Timothy Reynolds following two separate inspections of Ormskirk premises managed by Reynolds. The first was the result of a fire alarm activation, where fire…

Environmental Health Officers from Oxford City Council inspected their properties earlier in the year and the three cases were heard at Oxford Magistrates’ Court. Mr Abdul Saleem Chaudhry, 66, of Headley Way, Oxford, was prosecuted after officers found three restaurant staff living on the third floor his Shezan restaurant in High Street, Oxford. Council officers…

A fire sparked by a barbecue on a flat rooftop was just one of four similar incidents in the Plymouth area in one night. The blaze in Addison Road, Plymouth, started on Sunday evening after a group of friends hosted a barbecue party on the roof of their home – placing a disposable BBQ on…

Firefighters in Sussex are urging people to purchase e-cigarettes from reputable retailers after a woman in Arundel had a lucky escape when her e-cigarette exploded. Firefighters were called to the flat on Green Lane Close in Arundel at 12.40am on Sunday (July 10) after the occupier was woken by her smoke detector and called 999.…

A FATHER has described the dramatic moment he tried to smash his way into a flat after arsonists started a blaze. Brett Hammond, of St Austins Lane, Harwich, sprang into action after realising the flat opposite his home was on fire. It is believed arsonists targeted the property at about 9.30pm on Tuesday. He said:…

A man was left suffering with smoke inhalation after a flat fire in Harwich. Fire crews were called to Pound Farm Drive at 3.59pm on Tuesday (July 12). Two fire engines from Dovercourt were sent to the ground floor flat, which had its bedroom alight. An Essex County Fire and Rescue Servicespokeswoman said: "On arrival,…

A man had to be rescued and was taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary after appearing to be suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation. Firefighters have rescued a man from a flat blaze in Glasgow. Crews were called to reports of a fire in the third-floor flat in St Vincent Crescent, in the Finnieston area…

SCOTT Peden tired to make cannabis whilst out on bail for drug offences but his experiment caused an explosion and seriously injured two people. A CARELESS drug-dealer caused a huge explosion after transforming his girlfriend’s flat into a hash lab. A bid by Scott Peden to make a super-strength form of cannabis called "shatter" turned…