Scrapbooks of Leeds 'Fire King' Reveal City's Worst Blazes

Off-duty suburban firefighter hailed as hero after using garden hose to fight blaze

An off-duty suburban Crystal Lake firefighter sprang into action as he drove home from work Saturday, using a garden hose to keep a fire at bay.

Fire service issues update on huge blaze at Bury mill

The fire tore through the Pioneer Mill in Radcliffe last month

‘It could have been a second Great Fire’: how east London blaze showed scale of UK wildfire threat

In record 40C heat on 19 July 2022, 18 homes were lost in village of Wennington – a signal for firefighters to adapt, but UK response remains fragmentedWhen neighbours urged Lynn Sabberton and her partner, Terry, to flee from their home in Wennington one day in 2022, the couple weren’t sure they should bother. A fire was burning in their village, on the eastern edge of London, but Terry thought it was too far away to be a problem. Struggling wit…

Scrapbooks of Leeds 'Fire King' reveal city's worst blazes

Henry Baker led Leeds Fire Brigade through some of the city’s fiercest blazes in the 19th Century.

Two fire crews called to early morning incident on outskirts of Chester

Firefighters from Chester attended the scene in Blacon Point Road, Blacon, at about 7.45am today, May 8.

Active crime scene, structure fire reported in Santa Clara

Police are responding to an incident in Santa Clara.