The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has described as ‘horrifying’ new figures on fires and fire deaths. Fire incidents have increased in England by 9% for the year ending September 2017,…

The landlord of an overcrowded flat with a lack of fire safety equipment has been landed with a huge £150,000 fine. The owner of the property in Kensington, London, was making…

The latest figures from the Department for Communities and Local Government show that 294 people died in fires in England during 2015, an increase of 21% compared with the 242…

Massive explosions rocked the north-eastern coastal city of Tianjin, killing at least 114 people, officials said, and devastating a large industrial zone and nearby residences. At least 57 people are…

Two people have been found dead after a house fire in the Republic of Ireland. The blaze, at a block of flats on Railway Road, Gort, was reported to the…

The body of a 30-year-old man has been recovered following a fire at a coffin-making factory in County Louth in the Republic of Ireland. The man, who was Lithuanian, worked…

A man in his 60s has died in a \”severe\” house fire in the Beighton area of Sheffield. Fire crews called to Poplar Avenue on Monday afternoon found the fire…

A 74-year-old woman died in a house fire thought to have been caused by a faulty fridge-freezer, the fire service said. The blaze started in a bungalow on Prior Close,…

A man arrested over the death of a World War Two soldier killed in a house fire in Surrey has been released. Frederyk \”Fred\” Kucharski, 92, was rescued from the…

An Enfield family left combing through ashes for personal possessions after their home was gutted in a fire said the Emergency fire cover organised by the LFB let them down.…