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Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking

Firefighters were called to a fire and explosion involving underground cabling on Station Parade in Barking. There were no reports of any injuries. The Brigade’s 999 Control Officers took 17 calls to the incident. The Brigade was called at 1438 and the fire was under control by 1712. Three fire…

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2022

‘Shock and disbelief’: Vietnamese restaurant in Hoxton destroyed by fire starts GoFundMe page

Staff at BúnBúnBún on Kingsland Road are ‘devastated’

Evening Standard · Nov 7, 2022

Man airlifted to coast and taken to RVI after injury on fishing boat 50 miles off North East coast

The Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade was paged by HM Coastguard who told them a helicopter would be transferring an injured casualty

Chronicle Live · Nov 6, 2022

Dagenham Fire: Blaze at industrial estate rages as plumes of smoke lights up night sky

Around 80 firefighters and 12 fire engines raced to the blaze at an industrial estate in Dagenham this evening, where a "number of industrial units" and several vehicles are alight

Daily Mirror · Sep 25, 2022

Mayor welcomes new fire boats on the Thames as part of £40m Brigade transformation

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan has welcomed London Fire Brigade’s new fire boats to the Thames as part of a £40 million investment made by City Hall to expand the Brigade’s fleet of equipment and vehicles.The Mayor has committed to modernising and transforming the Brigade’s rescue resources, so they…

Evening Standard · Sep 1, 2022

Thackeray’s Shiv Sena forges alliance with pro-Maratha Sambhaji Brigade

Alliance an effort to save democracy, says Sena chief

The Hindu · Aug 26, 2022

Southwark fire: London train services disrupted as 70 firefighters tackle huge blaze near railway

Firefighters are tackling blaze near Union Street, just south of the River Thames

The Independent UK · Aug 17, 2022

Man hospitalised after Queen’s Park house fire involving e-bike

London Fire Brigade is continuing to see a rise in e-bike and e-scooter fires

Evening Standard · Aug 16, 2022

Sea fret causes extra Tynemouth lifeboat callouts during the weekend

Warm, sunny weather saw thousands of people flock to the region to enjoy the cloudless skies - until the coast was hit by dense fog on Friday afternoon that lingered

Chronicle Live · Aug 15, 2022

Seventy firefighters tackle large grass fire in Enfield

The “smallest of sparks” could cause devastation, London Fire Brigade warns

Evening Standard · Aug 13, 2022