All news on the topic: House fires

Tash Lyall, 28, was enjoying a day off from her job as a hairdresser when the blaze broke out at her Bootle home within minutes forcing her and her partner to flee for their lies

A fire has broken out in a four-room flat in a housing block in Barbican, central London, with around 40 firefighters at the scene. One man was treated by ambulance crews

A woman died following a house fire in Withernsea, East Yorkshire, in the early hours of this morning. Police said two neighbouring properties were also damaged

A fire broke out in a second floor flat, in Barking, London, in the early hours of this morning leading to one young boy tragically dying in the blaze as four other people were able to escape

A woman who was served an eviction order by police refused to leave the property before turning on the gas and starting a fire which killed her and dozens of cats

Two youngsters, aged eight and 10, and a 33 and 62-year-old all perished in the blaze that started around midnight local time (6am GMT) at a house in a neighbourhood in Frayser, Memphis, Tennessee

A family-of-four have been made homeless, as it is believed a fire was caused by an electrical fault in a portable heater as firefighters urge the public to 'stay with the heaters while they are on'

Valentina Cozma, 40, died following a fire at her home in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, last Thursday. This morning, her ex-husband Georgian Constantin was arrested in London

Staffordshire Police has warned the public not to approach Georgian Constantin, who is wanted on suspicion of murder following the death of Valentina Cozma in a blaze at her home

Doris Bergman, her husband and their cat are said to have died in a house fire in the Mar Vista area of Los Angeles

Police fear the dad told his wife and children to stay in the second-floor attic of their property when he went down to investigate the heavy smoke coming from downstairs in Charly-sur-Marne, France

Former DUP politician Alex Easton lost both his parents Alec and Ann, who were both in their eighties, in a fire at their home in Co Down on Monday morning

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

Wildfires broke out across tinder-dry Britain on July 19, 2022 leaving firefighters battling in the heatwave. It was the busiest day for the London Fire Brigade since the Second World War

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

Ollie the pitbull was found lifeless a teenager Jaylee's bedside a week after his family's home caught fire in the city of Corpus Christi, in Texas, USA on New Year's Eve

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

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

Sofia Duarte, 21, was found dead in a flat on Old Kent Road in London after a horrific blaze on New Year's Day and she has been described as the "light in every party"

Officers from the Met Police are investigating after a woman, believed to be in her 20s, was killed in a house fire on New Year's Day as other residents were evacuated