Fire Accidents

Motorway exclusion zone is lifted

Firefighter Mark McGranaghan on explosion risk posed by acetylene cylinders A 200m exclusion zone set up near the M2 motorway has been lifted. It was set up around gas cylinders at Scullions Road in Mallusk which were at risk...

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On the side of the angels

Four new books show the startling extent to which images of the next world still both reflect and shape life in this one Heaven and the AfterlifePocket Guide to the AfterlifeWho Goes There?The Garden and the Fire

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Mock alert for emergency services

The mock exercise aims to test a range of emergency services Emergency services across south Wales are holding a mock exercise on Saturday involving 60 simulated casualties. Police, fire, ambulance and search and rescue teams...

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Exclusive: Scottish airport shut three times in a month - because of burnt toast

Nov 21 2009 Janic Burns PRESTWICK airport has been evacuated three times in a month - because workers keep burning toast. Flights were disrupted and thousands forced to flee the terminal when hungry workers blundered in staff...

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Neighbours give evidence about night Francesca Bimpson died in arson attack

Nov 21 2009 by Luke Traynor, Liverpool Echo A DARK figure was seen outside the home of a family-of-six moments before an horrific arson attack which killed a three-year-old girl, a court heard. Neighbours of murdered Francesca...

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Up to 100 fires burning across Australian state

CANBERRA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) - Up to 100 fires are burning across New South Wales (NSW) as a large swathe of the state begins a day of total fire bans, local media reports Saturday. The NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) says more...

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Gas cylinder leak to blame for Moscow fire: three killed

The fire started after an explosion hit a five-story residential building on Yunykh Lenintsev Street early on Saturday. Pyotr Biryukov, a deputy mayor of the Russian capital, said three people died in the fire and 14, including...

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Station Fire investigation stalled

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Three months after the Station Fire burned thousands of acres in the hills above Los Angeles and killed two firefighters, investigators have no suspects. Sources told the Los Angeles Times...

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Woman Who Lost Family In B'klyn Fire Speaks Out

A Brooklyn woman left devastated by a fatal fire just days ago is slowly trying to put her life back together, and now the community she calls home is stepping in to help. Rose Danielle Etienne's grief is so heavy she cannot...

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Fire threat eases in the southern states (AAP)

The bushfire threat in the southern states has eased as rain and cooler weather sweep through the fire-affected areas. South Australia was enjoying wet weather on Saturday after coming close to a bushfire disaster during the...

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