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The Fire Brigades Union (FBU) today said members had voted overwhelmingly for industrial action after more than a decade of real-terms pay cuts and a "derisory" offer by the government

A London family have been left fuming after their great-grandmother's flat burned down - and the housing association gave her compensation of a £50 supermarket voucher

Horrified fire fighters were left appalled at the hazardous state of the building in Leeds, and were forced to immediately evacuate the hundreds of students living there

Police and emergency services rushed to the street in Goole, Yorkshire, after a gas explosion set homes on fire and tore a hole in a terraced property, with families evacuated

Firefighters from Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service arrived at the scene in Draycott, Derbyshire, last night with reports of a fire at a weapons factory

A massive fire has ripped through a former nightclub on George Street, in Hastings, with local residents told to keep their windows and doors closed, and avoid the sea front area

The huge 17-hour operation began in the early hours and didn't finish until 8pm as emergency services had to knock through a wall and pull the man down a makeshift ramp

Ten fire engines are in attendance at the highrise block of flats in east London, as crews tackle the massive flat fire that's burnt the whole of the ninth floor

Research shows the number of fires air fryers caused rose from 18 in 2021 to 37 last year. One blaze in South West England was caused by a cat flicking on a plugged-in fryer

A gas pipeline in northern Lithuania has exploded with a village near Pasvalys evacuated and flames at the scene reaching over 165ft. Gas company Amber Grid is carrying out investigations

A bus caught fire on Portman Square in Marylebone, London, with footage shared on social media showing orange flames rising from the rear of the vehicle after passengers were evacuated

Firefighter Steven Burns, 51, says he has spent seven years battling cancer that is '100%' due to his role. The dad of three, from Hampshire, described his condition as 'torture'

The fire service has warned that attempting to tackle house fires yourself could lead to 'disastrous' consequences, as they share pictures of two recent blazes in Newcastle

Residents on the Wyndham Estate in Camberwell, London, were forced to evacuate after a "large gas leak" that led to a huge emergency service presence at the scene

The three victims of a horror hotel fire in Scotland at the start of the year have been named by police as two sisters and a 'loving father', as tributes are paid

Firefighters rushed to the dairy in Portage, Wisconsin, US, after a fire broke out in one of the butter storage rooms. Crews had to wade through flowing rivers of melted butter

Kevin Pollard came across the burning taxi as he walked home from work in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, before calling his daughter to find she had been inside the vehicle on her way to work

A ferris wheel at ICON Park in Orlando, US, lost power on New Years Eve as 62 people were left trapped inside the pods as firefighters were called to the scene to help rescue them

Around 80 firefighters and 12 fire engines tackled the blaze in Acton, west London, where three women escaped from the third floor and a fourth was rescued from a balcony