Derry chip pan fire: two rescued
A neighbour rescued a man in his late teens and a woman in her 30s following a fire at a house in Londonderry.
The fire is believed to have started accidentally in a chip pan.
Two fire crews extinguished the blaze at Yeats Court in Ballymagorarty at around 2330 BST on Sunday.
The teenager was treated by fire crews for burns and the woman and neighbour were treated by paramedics for the effects of breathing in smoke.
All three were taken to hospital by ambulance.
Windsor building partially collapses during major fire
More than 80 firefighters tackled a blaze in Windsor which began at about 22:00 BST on Tuesday.
The building partially collapsed following the major fire .
About 12 people were forced to move to temporary accommodation for the night owing to the fire’s close proximity to residential properties.
The upper floors of the building – the usage and owners of which have not yet been established – partially collapsed along with the surrounding scaffolding.
Crews came from Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, London, Oxfordshire and Surrey to fight the fire, while police were required to manage crowds of onlookers.
The fire service cordoned off the area and said it expected to be on-site for several hours.
As yet there is no indication as to the cause of the fire.
No-one was injured in the blaze.
Clacton house fire: Man killed as woman and child rescued by neighbours
A man has died in a “severe” fire that tore through a terraced house in Essex.
Seven fire crews battled to get the fire under control, in Stanley Road, Clacton on Monday morning.
Woman and a toddler were rescued by neighbours in Stanley Road, Clacton, after smashing a bedroom window but the man could not be saved.
It is believed rescuers pitched a ladder to a first floor bedroom to bring the woman and child to safety.
150 tonnes of paper destroyed in recycling centre fire
A fire broke out at the SCA recycling centre in Mercer’s Row, Abbey at around 9.10am on 11th August.
Four crews from Cambridge, Cottenham, Huntingdon and Sawston attended the fire.
The fire destroyed over 150 tonnes of paper but it is reported that no injuries were caused by the fire and the building was not damaged.
Steve Smith from the company said: “Our site manager is meeting with fire officers this morning to try to establish the cause. We are not quite sure what happened but we do not believe it was suspicious in any way. Sometimes things like this just happen at recycling plants when the paper bales get overheated. There will not be a company investigation beyond what we are working on with the fire service.”
40 firefighters called to Dyfed blaze
A huge fire broke out at Dyfed Cleaning Services in Milford Haven on Wednesday 13th April.
The fire on St Peters Road broke out at around midnight on Wednesday and was tackled by around 40 firefighters, 6 water tenders, 2 aerial, 2 water carriers and high volume pump and environment units.
Steve Bryant, Incident Commander said: “Our crews worked very hard throughout the night to fight and contain the fire. Both the location of the premises and a nearby Railway Line made access difficult. Crews were at the scene all night and will remain there during the day to ensure the fire is properly extinguished.”
People living in the area were advised that they may need to evacuate their homes but the firefighters managed to bring the fire under control in time.
An investigation will be carried out to determine the cause of the blaze.