Fire at Great Yarmouth charity shop
Fifteen people were evacuated from their homes in the early hours of 30th October after a fire broke out at the St Elizabeth Hospice charity shop in Great Yarmouth.
The alarm was raised by Emma Trudgill who lives near to the shop. Miss Trudgill said: “We checked around the flat to see everything was all right and then Zachary went downstairs. He looked outside and saw smoke and when he touched the glass window of the St Elizabeth Hospice charity shop he realised it was hot. We called 999 and also began alerting other neighbours.”
Three fire crews attended the incident on King Street at around 3.45am and initially feared that people may be inside the property. Thankfully all people nearby were accounted for and the fire was extinguished within the hour.
Alison Lanchester, director of income generation at the Ipswich-based hospice, said: “It sounds as if the fire has been very extensive. It is one of our recently opened shops and our manager is quite upset. It is a shame as it is all donated stock and the shop trades very well.”
Woman killed as car crashes into fire engine
A woman has died after her car collided with a fire engine attending a 999 call on 9th September.
The tragedy happened in Basildon, Essex, as the fire engine was responding to another crash at about 9am.
A spokesman for Essex Police said: “We were called to a road traffic crash at 9am on Broadmayne, Basildon. Vehicles were involved, a fire engine and another car. There was one occupant in the car and the driver was certified dead immediately.”
A spokesman from Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said: “The appliance was leaving the station responding to an emergency call when the incident happened by the fire station. The alarm was raised by crews. The appliance was responding to a road traffic collision in Ashlyns, Basildon, where an 11-year-old child was trapped in a vehicle.”