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Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking

Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking. There were no reports of any injuries. The Brigade’s 999 Control Officers took 17 calls to the incident. The Brigade was called at 1438 and the fire was under control by 1712. Three fire…

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‘Shock and disbelief’: Vietnamese restaurant in Hoxton destroyed by fire starts GoFundMe page

Staff at BúnBúnBún on Kingsland Road are ‘devastated’

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Man airlifted to coast and taken to RVI after injury on fishing boat 50 miles off North East coast

The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was paged by HM Coastguard who told them a helicopter would be transferring an injured casualty

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Two people rescued at Tynemouth after being cut off by tide

The pair were part of a group which had walked behind the old outdoor swimming pool to the rocks by Sharpness Point where they were cut off by the incoming tide

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Firefighters called to flooding across London after storm batters southern England

Short-lived storm sent Londoners running for cover and caused fallen trees and telephone wires

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North East coastal museum wins Tripadvisor's Travellers' Choice Award

The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum has won the prestigious accolade which puts it into the top 10% of listings

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Eltham: Woman dies in hospital after child and man rescued as flames rip through house

Firefighters managed to drag the woman out of the burning house after she became trapped by a staircase in her home

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Dagenham Fire: Blaze at industrial estate rages as plumes of smoke lights up night sky

Around 80 firefighters and 12 fire engines raced to the blaze at an industrial estate in Dagenham this evening, where a "number of industrial units" and several vehicles are alight

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Mayor welcomes new fire boats on the Thames as part of £40m Brigade transformation

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has welcomed London Fire Brigade’s new fire boats to the Thames as part of a £40 million investment made by City Hall to expand the Brigade’s fleet of equipment and vehicles.The Mayor has committed to modernising and transforming the Brigade’s rescue resources, so they…

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Thackeray’s Shiv Sena forges alliance with pro-Maratha Sambhaji Brigade

Alliance an effort to save democracy, says Sena chief

The Hindu

Southwark fire: London train services disrupted as 70 firefighters tackle huge blaze near railway

Firefighters are tackling blaze near Union Street, just south of the River Thames

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Man hospitalised after Queen’s Park house fire involving e-bike

London Fire Brigade is continuing to see a rise in e-bike and e-scooter fires

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Sea fret causes extra Tynemouth lifeboat callouts during the weekend

Warm, sunny weather saw thousands of people flock to the region to enjoy the cloudless skies - until the coast was hit by dense fog on Friday afternoon that lingered

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Seventy firefighters tackle large grass fire in Enfield

The “smallest of sparks” could cause devastation, London Fire Brigade warns

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Londoners warned of ‘exceptional’ wildfire risk across the weekend

Water supplies are being monitored “very closely” as firefighters warn of wildfires risk

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Three rescued after house collapses in Thornton Heath explosion

Three people have been rescued after a house collapsed in an explosion in Thornton Heath, south London.Around 40 firefighters and six fire engines were tackling the fire after the explosion in Galpin’s Road on Monday morning.The Brigade said a terraced house had collapsed and neighbouring properties had been damaged.In an…

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M&S stops sale of disposable barbecues as London Fire Brigade pushes for total ban

London Fire Brigade has urged total ban on the products, saying they can cause ‘untold damage’

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Shivaji Brigade stages protest

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London Fire Brigade ‘still needs to improve’, watchdog finds

The London Fire Brigade (LFB) must improve the way it responds to incidents and tackle “deeper-seated problems” such as bullying and discrimination, a watchdog has found.

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London Fire Brigade ‘exceptionally busy’ taking high number of weekend calls

Firefighters warned against complacency after a record-breaking high of 40.3C was reached last week.

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Investigation launched into shrubland fire in North London

An investigation is underway after a fire broke out in shrubland in Enfield.

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Firefighters battle Southall sports pavilion blaze as residents urged to keep windows closed

Residents in Southall were told to keep their windows shut on Thursday morning because of thick billowing smoke from a fire at a sports pavilion.

Daily Mirror

Hornchurch fire: Woman rushed to hospital as dozens evacuated in huge blaze at care home

London Fire Brigade battled a massive blaze at an assisted living facility in Hornchurch, east London, with 100 firefighters at the scene as around 60 people were evacuated

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London Fire Brigade attending nearly 20 grassland blazes a day as temperature soars

The brigade has attended more than 800 open land fires in the six weeks since June

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London fire engines out of action due to staff shortages, says union

Londoners are “at greater risk of death or serious injury” as staff shortages continue to plague the London Fire Brigade, the Fire Brigades Union has warned.

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