Surrey Crown Court was told that a huge explosion which injured eight staff at a Surrey industrial site, five seriously, occurred because of a failure to carry out a fire…

An independent fire risk assessor has been given a four month jail sentence, suspended for 12 months, and ordered to pay £1,000 costs after \’paying lip service\’ to assessing a…

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…

Uxbridge Magistrates Court found Javeed Hossain guilty of failing to obtain the requisite Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence for his property in Harlington, west London. When officers from Hillingdon…

A man has been arrested following a suspected arson attack in Antrim. Several people, including three police officers, were treated for smoke inhalation after the blaze at flats in Tiger…

A teenager who killed his friend by accidentally setting fire to a car has been given a three-year custodial sentence. Jack Buckley, 18, drunkenly broke a car window and dropped…

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after seven people were forced to flee a house blaze on Teesside. Four adults and three children escaped the fire at…

A store described as a \”death trap\” has been handed a fine of more than £50,000. The Poundstretcher branch in Castleford\’s Carlton Street was penalised £51,500 for seven breaches of…

Supermarket giant Tesco has been fined £95,000 and ordered to pay over £24,000 in costs after pleading guilty to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (RRO)

Prosecutions by the Fire Brigade continue to rise. Poor or non existent assessments and lack of training are a continuing problem. The LFB website states: ‘A risk assessment should be…