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Terrifying wake up call for people living in tower block as fire tears through flat

Some 88 flats were evacuated

Manchester Evening News

Hero firefighters praised as 88 flats evacuated and nobody hurt when fire broke out in high-rise

"I'm proud of our firefighters and their swift and safe response to protect people"

Manchester Evening News

Dramatic moment fire tears through high-rise flat as all residents safely rescued

No one was hurt in the blaze, the fire service confirmed

Manchester Evening News

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Entire block of flats evacuated as ‘intense’ fire breaks out in Salford tower block

Smoke and flames seen billowing from 10th floor of high-rise

The Independent UK

Fire breaks out in tower block - residents evacuated as 'silent alarm' raised

Emergency services have scrambled to the scene with a number of fire engines and police cars surrounding the tower block in Salford, Manchester

Daily Mirror

Fireworks fine warning ahead of NYE

Authorities are warning of potential fines or jail time for those selling, buying or using fireworks without a licence, ahead of New Year's Eve celebrations.

AAP

Bushfire in Rosebery, on Tasmania's west coast, contained after destroying hotel, heritage centre

A hotel and heritage centre in a small community have been destroyed after a bushfire threatened Rosebery on Tasmania's west coast, with locals banding together to save residences from the flames.

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Four fire crews called to tackle large straw blaze at a farm in Mindrum

Crews from Northumberland Fire and Rescue Service and Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are working together to put out the blaze

Chronicle Live

Floral tributes left in memory of 'fantastic neighbour' who died in South Shields house fire on Christmas Eve

Members of the community have been laying flowers at the scene of a fatal house fire in South Shields

Chronicle Live

Blackpool fire: Flames soar into sky as huge blaze tears through town centre salon

Smoke filled one of the main roads in Blackpool town centre as flames soared into the sky as a Boxing Day blaze tore through a beauty salon

Daily Mirror

Tragedy as man dies after being rescued from South Shields house fire on Christmas Eve

A 70-year-old man died at the scene after a house fire on Christmas Eve

Chronicle Live

Body found in Scots river on Boxing Day in search for missing man Leon Gibson

Officers searching for the missing 21-year-old have confirmed that a body was recovered from a burn in the Hercules Den area of Arbroath at around 11am on Boxing Day.

Daily Record

One dead following house fire in Kerry on St Stephen's Day

A body was recovered from the house after the blaze was extinguished

Irish Mirror

Two killed in plane crash south of Sydney

Two people have died in a light plane crash that sparked a grass fire south of Sydney on Boxing Day.

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Bangkok Post

Fire destroys school building, band instruments

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A school building was destroyed by a fire early Monday morning in Thung Song district, with damage estimated at 10 million baht.

AAP

Family loses home in Christmas Day fire

A family of eight has lost their home to a "devastating" Christmas morning fire south of Devonport in Tasmania.

Newcastle Herald

Family left homeless following Christmas Day fire

A family of six has been left homeless after fire engulfed their North Lambton property on Christmas Day.

ABC News

Tasmanian family of eight loses everything in 'catastrophic' Christmas Day fire in Lower Barrington

A volunteer fire brigade in Tasmania's north-west is rallying around a local family of eight who lost their home in a fire on Christmas Day.

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Newcastle Herald

Firefighters warn community ahead of biggest grass fire risk in a decade

Firefighters are exhausting all efforts to protect the community from the biggest grass fire risk in more than a decade.

Nottingham Post

Man rescued after Nottinghamshire Fire Service called to kitchen fire in flat

Nottinghamshire crews were called to the scene of a kitchen fire

Leeds Live

Horrifying moment fire causes explosion in Leeds house and blasts windows

Residents nearby were evacuated as a precaution

The Independent UK

South Africa counts damage, death by tanker truck explosion

South Africa is coming to grips with the full extent of the destruction and deaths caused by a Christmas Eve tanker truck explosion

The Independent UK

Passenger laptop fire forces plane evacuation at JFK Airport

Emergency responders evacuated a JetBlue flight at JFK International Airport in New York City as a result of a small fire in a passenger’s laptop on Saturday evening

Belfast Live

Derry: Firefighters rescue two people after fire breaks out on Christmas Eve

The cause has been determined as accidental

Daily Record

Car bursts into flames after pedestrian knocked down near Scots park

Photographs of the incident show firefighters battling to get the inferno under control as dark clouds of smoke can be seen billowing from the car.

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