An oil storage depot on Kingsnorth Industrial Estate, Hoo, Kent was the site of a blaze requiring 60 firefighters to extinguish it. The fire was on open ground at the depot and started with two road tankers, however spread very quickly to include 1000 litre plastic storage drums and 200 litre steel oil drums which [...]
Alford Jazz Festival has taken place for the past twelve years. The Festival always received support through various grants in the past but due to the current economic climate the funding that was previously available is no longer there and it looked as though Alford would not be able to hold its festival this year. [...]
Now that the weather is getting warm many offices will be feeling hot and stuffy. The natural reaction to this is to open doors and windows to increase the air circulation. However, holding self-closing fire doors open with extinguishers and other ‘handy’ objects stops fire doors closing when the fire alarm sounds. This is not [...]
For many people in both domestic and business settings choosing the correct fire extinguisher can be confusing and problematic. To help you with this situation we have developed a section on our website designed to make choosing the correct extinguisher and looking after your extinguishers as easy as possible. The fire extinguisher guide has a [...]
An investigation followed a fire at a house of multiple occupation in Hayes, West London in March 2009. Landlord, Mr Inderjit Singh, was found guilty of four breeches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005. He was ordered to pay a total of £10,000 in costs and was given a six month sentence to [...]
A Lincolnshire family escaped the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning thanks to the carbon monoxide alarm they had installed after moving into a listed Georgian house. The couple knew that the oil boiler that was in the property was old but after having it serviced they felt reassured that there was no possibility of the [...]
Mark Kennel has very little left from his home after a house fire except his charred wedding album after he, his wife, Amber and daughter, Kelsey managed to escape the flames with the help of a fire escape ladder. A fire broke out at their home in Ingham County. Mr Kennel stated that it was [...]
In February 2008 some of the occupants of a four storey house that had been divided into flats were forced to flee over the roof of 9 Hillsborough Terrace, Devon, where they lived, due to a fire. Joseph Ernest Draper, who owned the building at the time of the fire, was found guilty of four [...]
An investigation is underway to determine the cause of a severe fire at a Poundstretcher store in Newcastle-under-Lyme. The fire, which broke out on the morning of 28 February 2011, has rendered the building unsafe which will now have to be demolished. Residents of flats adjacent to the fire wrecked building have been evacuated and [...]
Across England on Shrove Tuesday hundreds of people will be cooking and eating pancakes. Pancakes are easy to make and many children will be cooking them themselves. Cooking pancakes can be a high fire risk, getting distracted with lathering your pancake in your favourite topping could lead to the frying pan being left unattended and [...]
