BTE Systems' Jason Burke will attempt a 150-mile race across the Sahara in aid of the Fire Fighters charity

London Fire Brigade have saved over £9m over the last four years by dramatically reducing the number of false alarm calls attended, according to new figures released

A huge fire near the BBC’s television centre closes underground stations and main road into London as a huge plume of smoke is sent across West London

Sixty firefighters tackled a blaze on an industrial estate which left three units damaged.

A driver of a fuel tanker has been charged with a number of offences after the vehicle crashed into a bungalow setting the property alight.

A building containing a plant room, sauna and swimming pool was badly damaged and 11 people were evacuated after a fire broke out at a gym in Kent.

A Chinese restaurant has been forced to temporarily close after fire broke out on the premises.

A vast 3500 year old tree in Florida was destroyed by fire earlier this week in mysterious circumstances

40 firefighters attend a significant fire in a 22-story tower block that has left one flat completely gutted

A fire believed to have been started deliberately following a burglary at a multi-occupied premises was brought under control by sprinklers.

A fire has gutted the recording studio and storage facility of Bradford based post-punk band, New Model Army.

Brixton Academy played host to 20 firefighters this Christmas as a fire broke out in the bar area of the famous venue

Two security officers were seriously injured after an explosion and fire at a former colliery in Nottinghamshire on new year’s eve.

The dangers of squatting have been underlined following a third hotel fire involving squatters in Newquay this year

A fire has destroyed a building in Huddersfield where a member of the 1966 World Cup winning England team used to work.

Fire at Winchester Hospital's MRI unit quickly controlled by 100 firefighters, but A&E still has to be evacuated

Nearly 100 firefighters have tackled a huge blaze at a furniture warehouse in Cleveland, Ohio. The blaze, which started at around 11pm on Saturday 12 November was so intense that a number of...

Fourteen crews from three counties have tackled a large fire at an industrial unit in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

A watersports centre near Reading was ‘burned to the ground’ after a fire raged through the clubhouse of the jet ski centre

Senior commanders from Strathclyde Fire and Rescue delayed the rescue of a woman lying at the bottom of a disused mineshaft because they were too preoccupied with adhering to the management’s rescue policy...

A fire broke out at a laboratory in Brunel University earlier this month.

Around 20 firefighters responded to a fire last week at the headquarters of the Association of Chief Police Officers.

A fire which destroyed a food factory in Norfolk was caused while cooking hams, an investigation has revealed.

Students and staff were forced to evacuate part of Christ Church college, Oxford after a fire broke out last month.

Dorset Fire and Rescue Service are using the Draeger PSS Merlin system to improve remote monitoring of up to twelve firefighters

A fire has damaged a residential care home in Bridgwater, Somerset.

As many as 50 firefighters tackled a blaze in a former furniture warehouse. Fire crews from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service were called to the unoccupied building in Miles Platting on...

More than 75 firefighters battled to save a retail complex but were unable to rescue two units which were destroyed by fire.

Up to 1,000 people had to be evacuated from parts of south Dallas after a fire at a chemical plant – sending plumes of black smoke into the air. The blaze at Magnablend chemical plant in...

The British High Commissioner’s residence in Canada has been damaged after a fire broke out in the attic. Fire was reported at the grey stone mansion, known as Earnscliffe in Ottawa, at...

Sprinkler systems installed in a three-storey Waterstones bookshop in Guildford probably saved the building and neighbouring businesses after a fire broke out.

London Fire Bridge has rejected claims its frontline service is being compromised by poor equipment and fire engines.

Firefighters who allegedly allowed fire engines to be used in two porn films will not face disciplinary action.

Eight people have been injured – four of them seriously – after an explosion and fire at an industrial estate.

Businesses were forced to evacuate their properties while six fire engines and 30 firefighters tried to control a blaze at a tyre-shredding warehouse.

Police are looking for witnesses after firefighter uniforms were stolen from a retained fire station in Tring, Hertfordshire.

Thieves setting fire to copper cable so that its plastic coating burns off have been returning to steal the remaining metal after firefighters have left the scene.

More than 100 firefighters tackled a blaze at a dairy warehouse – one of the biggest fires Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service has attended in years.

A fire that killed six members of the same family is not being treated as suspicious after an investigation by the Metropolitan Police and London Fire Brigade (LFB).

A secondary school has reopened after a fire forced the building to close last week.

A fire raged for more than 22 hours after a series of explosions at an industrial site in Canberra, Australia.

An investigation is under way after a blaze ripped through a tower block flat in Fulham.

Fire crews were called to a restaurant in Paignton after a blaze broke out in the building’s kitchen.

Six teenagers have been charged in connection with the fire that closed a stretch of the M1 motorway in April.

The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has blasted recommendations by the policy institute, Reform, as ‘right-wing trash’.

Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses to a suspicious fire in Wokingham.

Twenty firefighters tackled a fire in a bungalow that is believed to have been caused by a plug-in air freshener.

A school was forced to close after a three-hour blaze damaged its roof.

Humberside Fire and Rescue Service is working alongside local NHS teams to deliver domestic sprinkler systems to the homes of vulnerable people.

Around 30 firefighters were called to a blaze at around 11.30pm on Tuesday (9 August) at a timber frame building under construction in Crayford, south east London.