A police warning has been issued after youths started several fires in a Leicestershire town. Leicestershire Police said it attended a number of fires across Loughborough on Sunday, August 2.

Fire crews are starting to make “significant progress” in tackling a wildfire in the Cairngorms that broke out two weeks ago, a senior officer has said. So far more than 500 firefighters have been ...

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A number of homes in the region have been evacuated and vast swathes of trees, heather and grasslands have been left charred and blackened. Michael Humphreys near Ryvoan Bothy in the Cairngorms where ...

A wildfire burning in the hills near Sonora has stopped growing as firefighters work to contain the blaze that forced evacuations across parts of Tuolumne County. The Dove Fire broke out just before 3 ...

EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WCIA) — A fire at an Effingham home Thursday evening left minimal fire and water damage, thanks to the quick actions of an off-duty firefighter. In a news release, Effingham Fire ...

A fire service spent two hours tackling a blaze which started in a garden and spread to 11 sheds and a builders' yard next to a railway station. Suffolk Fire & Rescue Service said crews arrived at ...

An early morning fire Tuesday, June 30, tore through a south side Milwaukee elementary school, incinerating large portions of the building and prompting a five-alarm response. Calls for the fire came ...