20 h. ago Huge blaze breaks out in Essex field as firefighters battle wildfires across UK

Heatwaves and consistent dry weather has seen the London Fire Brigade tackle more wildfires this summer than in the whole of 2024

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47 h. ago Huge blaze breaks out at Newton Mearns retirement flats as fire crews race to scene

Emergency services were called to Broomburn Drive after the alarm was raised shortly after 10.30am on Friday, July 18.

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66 h. ago Bus passengers are feared injured in crash as five emergency service helicopters race to the scene

Calls came in at about 3pm today reporting a bus had left the A396 between Wheddon Cross and Timbercombe in Somerset.

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3 d. ago Huge blaze rips through Iraq shopping mall killing at least 61 with dozens more missing

A huge blaze erupted at a newly-opened shopping centre in Iraq on Wednesday (16 July), leaving at least 61 people dead and several more missing.

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4 d. ago Kilmarnock fire: Huge blaze in Kilmarnock town centre being treated as 'deliberate' by police

Fire services remain at the scene

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5 d. ago Kilmarnock fire: Huge blaze breaks out in Scottish town centre with fire crews in attendance and roads closed

Roads have been closed after a huge fire at a premises in Kilmarnock.

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7 d. ago Wigsley Old Airfield fire: Firefighters tackle huge blaze at former RAF site

A huge fire continues to burn through the night at former RAF Wigsley, built between 1941 and 1942 as a satellite base for the Royal Air Force - there are still buildings from the war on the site

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8 d. ago Erith fire: 150 firefighters battle huge blaze at warehouse in southeast London

Twenty-five fire engines were called to the scene in Maypole Crescent on Friday night

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8 d. ago Huge fire breaks out at south London tower block — 70 firefighters race to scene

Ten fire engines responded after a fire broke out in a block of flats in Walworth

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9 d. ago Medway City Estate fire LIVE: Rochester blaze seen for miles as locals warned

Locals in Kent have been warned to 'close windows and doors' as a huge blaze at a recycling site sent a thick cloud of smoke miles into the sky

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1 week ago Lewisham fire: Concern as 70 firefighters battle huge blaze at block of flats

London Fire Brigade remains in attendance on Lewisham Road in Lewisham, southeast London, where a maisonette caught fire late on Tuesday night - and streets have been closed

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1 week ago Marseille wildfire latest: Huge blaze rages on edge of French city and shuts airport

Residents have been warned to stay inside as more than 160 firefighters battle the blaze outside the city

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1 week ago London travel news live: Huge fire at Brixton closes Underground station

Fire engines and firefighters have rushed to Brixton station to fight off a huge blaze

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2 w. ago Croydon warehouse fire: 80 firefighters battle huge blaze as area locked down

Imperial Way has been closed, with emergency services expecting the incident to continue for several hours

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2 w. ago Shanklea Primary School chaos as huge blaze rips through classrooms with black smoke filling sky

A shocking fire ripped through a primary school in Cramlington, Northumberland, this afternoon, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the sky

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2 w. ago Rome explosion: Moment huge blaze rips through Prenestino as fiery blast erupts

Several people have been left injured after an explosion rocked a petrol station in Via dei Gordiani, in Prenestino, Rome, Italy today

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2 w. ago Harrow fire: Piccadilly Line chaos as 100 firefighters tackle huge blaze

London Fire Brigade is tackling a blaze on near Roxeth Green Avenue in South Harrow, northwest London, which has delays and suspensions to services on the Tube's Piccadilly Line

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2 w. ago "I'm p***ed off": MP rages after 'illegal' waste dump erupts into huge blaze

"We are going to get answers"

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2 w. ago Huge blaze involving 'illegal waste' erupts as residents told to close windows

The fire broke out involving a 'large amount of waste' in Wigan

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2 w. ago Erdington fire LIVE: Birmingham locals told 'shut windows' as huge blaze rages

Around 60 firefighters rushed to Erdington, Birmingham, to tackle a large blaze this afternoon - and locals have been urged to keep their doors and windows closed because of smoke

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