Archive for January, 2012

Two elderly women have been taken to hospital after a fire at a care home in Coventry.

Emergency services were called to the home in Duggins Lane, Tile Hill, during Saturday afternoon.

A West Midlands Ambulance spokesman said 38 residents had been moved out of the property, with six needing treatment, one for burns on her leg.

The remaining five people, including a member of staff, were treated for the effects of breathing in smoke.

Both women were in their 80s.

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I just wanted to drop you a quick line to advise that the Fire Marshal training we received last Thursday was excellent. All attendees including myself felt that the topic was covered in a very professional and knowledgeable way. Steve kept everyone’s attention throughout the training and made us all extremely aware of the potential fire hazards around and steps that we can take to reduce/eliminate the risks. We all felt that the training was far ...

A businessman and former Lord Mayor of Nottingham has been sentenced to 26 weeks imprisonment suspended for two years following breaches of fire safety law at his factory, which manufactured quilts.

Mohammed Munir was sentenced at Nottingham Crown Court on Wednesday (4 January) after earlier pleading guilty at the city’s magistrates court to six offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, including failing to carry out a suitable and sufficient risk assessment and failing to comply with an enforcement ...

Three young children and a teenager have been killed in a fire at a home in a Lancashire village.

Twin girls aged four, a two-year-old boy and a 19-year-old man all lost their lives, police said.

999 crews were called to a bungalow in Lytham Road, Freckleton, near Preston, at 11.21pm on Saturday.

Group manager Phil Cox, from Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service, who was the officer in charge, described the desperate battle to save the four people.

He said firefighters lead a fifth ...