13 h. ago Coatbridge fire LIVE: Tower block evacuated as 999 crews rush to tackle flames

A huge fire has broken out at a tower block in Coatbridge, with multiple crews tackling the flames

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34 h. ago South Shields school tragedy as pupil dies after 999 crews rush to medical emergency

A pupil at St Wilfrid's RC College in South Shields, Tyne and Wear has tragically died after suffering a medical episode on Thursday morning, with the school shutting for the rest of the day

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5 d. ago Fire crews rush to Glasgow street as smoke billows from city centre drain

Three fire appliances responded to the incident on Sunday afternoon, with a power outage also reported in the area.

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6 d. ago Huge blaze at bus depot treated as deliberate by cops after scene locked down

A bus was deliberately set on fire at a depot in Greenock on Friday December 12 with Scottish Fire and Rescue Service crews tackling the flames for hours.

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7 d. ago Hazmat and fire crews rush to Glasgow street after lithium battery 'overheats'

Emergency services were called to a property on Summertown Road in Govan at around 10.50am on Friday, December 12, after the alarm was raised.

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8 d. ago LIVE: All trains suspended as emergency crews rush to incident on tracks

Trains have been stopped due to an incident between Wilmslow and Crewe

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8 d. ago Man dead after sudden wall collapse at Cork farm as 999 crews rush to scene

A man in his 50s was pronounced dead and another has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after a wall collapsed at a farm in West Cork

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2 w. ago Influencer's Hong Kong fire selfie as dozens perished in tower block behind him

Chinese national, Kenny who runs a YouTube channel called 'Kowloon King' posted harrowing videos and posed in front of fire-ravaged apartments in Tai Po, calling victims 'sinful'

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2 w. ago London tower block riddled with fire safety defects to be demolished

The 1960s tower block that will be ripped down is opposite Lakanal House where six people died in a fire in 2009

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2 w. ago North London tower block infested with mice and mould leaves residents 'suffering'

One resident said she’d suffered with mould and damp for nearly seven years

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2 w. ago Tributes pour in for 'genuine and funny' man, 25, who died in Sowerby Bridge tower block fall

Travis Lodge tragically died after injuries caused by falling from a block of flats in Sowerby Bridge

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2 w. ago 'Death was closing in on me': Survivor of Hong Kong inferno made final calls to loved ones while trapped in burning tower block before last

William Li, 40, was at home on a day off when his wife rang just after 3pm to warn him their building in the Wang Fuk Court complex was on fire.

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2 w. ago Tributes pour in for ‘genuine, honest & funny’ lad, 25, who fell to his death from tower block as suspect, 37, arrested

TRIBUTES have poured in for a man who fell to his death from a tower block with one man arrested on suspicion of assault. Travis Lodge, 25, suffered devastating injuries after falling from height in Sowerby Bridge, Yorkshire. Cops raced to the scene at a block of flats on Thursday morning at Tower Hill in West Yorkshire...

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2 w. ago 'Genuine and funny' man, 25, who fell from Sowerby Bridge tower block pictured

Travis Lodge, 25, has been named locally as the young man who fell from a height at a block of flats in Sowerby Bridge, in West Yorkshire

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2 w. ago Car bursts into flames on M90 as emergency crews rush to scene

Large plumes of black smoke were seen rising from a car on fire on the M90.

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2 w. ago First picture of 'genuine and funny' young man, 25, who died in tower block fall as cops quiz suspect

Police arrested a 37-year-old man on suspicion of a section 18 assault at the block of flats

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2 w. ago BREAKING: Man plunges to his death from Glasgow tower block in front of horrified witnesses

Police rushed to the scene after receiving reports a man had fallen from a block of flats in Taylor Place, Glasgow city centre

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2 w. ago Man plunges to his death from Glasgow tower block in front of horrified witnesses

Police rushed to the scene after receiving reports a man had fallen from a block of flats in Taylor Place, Glasgow city centre

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2 w. ago Man dies after falling from window in Glasgow city centre as emergency services swarm in

An investigation is currently underway after a man died following a fall from a tower block window in Glasgow city centre on Saturday. The man's next of kin have been informed of the tragedy

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2 w. ago Hong Kong fire death toll set to rise above 128 as investigators look for more charred remains in scorched skyscrapers and King Charles sends heartfelt message

Legions of police officers from Hong Kong's Disaster Victim Identification Unit, dressed in white full-body protective gear, were seen entering the charred remains of the skyscrapers this morning.

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