A girl in China’s Guizhou province was found trapped in a drain after intense flooding in the area. The unharmed girl had been trapped there for seven hours, officials said. At least 80,000 people have been evacuated in the province after heavy rains triggered severe flooding. Footage on social media showed torrents of water sweeping...
Firefighters are treating a blaze which damaged two houses in Totnes as accidental. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the properties in Rhine Villas were extensively damaged in the fire just after 16:00 BST on Tuesday. The service said crews “responded with a robust operation” using eight appliances, six breathing apparatus, two attack...
Firefighters are tackling a house blaze in Devon which has spread to two neighbouring properties. Eight appliances and an aerial platform have been sent to Rhine Villas in Totnes, Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said. Crews were tackling the fire with breathing apparatus, three hose reel jets, a safety jet, thermal imaging cameras...
Hundreds of firefighters lined Queen’s Avenue in Bicester ahead of Ms Logan’s funeral Thousands of people gathered on Saturday morning to remember a firefighter who died alongside a colleague and a member of the public in a major blaze. Jennie Logan, 30, died in the fire at the Bicester Motion site on 15 May alongside...
Footage shows firefighters dousing flames after an Air India plane crashed shortly after take-off in Ahmedabad, western India. The flight, carrying 242 people, was bound for London Gatwick. There were 169 Indian nationals on the flight, as well as 53 Britons, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals, Air India has said. More on this...
Firefighters worked through the night to tackle a fire at a shop in Tavistock. The fire service said nine crews attended the blaze in the Co-op store on Market Street when a fire alarm alerted them shortly after 19:00 BST on Wednesday. Crews said they found the fire at the back of the shop which...
Fire crews have been battling a barn blaze in Devon since the early hours. The agricultural building in the Littleham area near Bideford was full of hay, straw and machinery, Devon and Somerset Fire Service said. Firefighters were called to the scene shortly before 04:00 BST and they found the barn “well alight”. Crews from...
Zhara Simpson BBC News, South West BBC Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the fire, which started on Sunday, was “ongoing” Firefighters are still battling a large wildfire on Dartmoor that started on Sunday evening. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze had spread across an area 3km (1.9 miles)...
Fire crews have put out a blaze which raged across 27 acres (11 hectares) of moorland in Devon. Firefighters from five stations were called to Nattadon Common near Chagford at 18:51 GMT on Monday. Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service said crews faced an 82ft (25m) wide fire front and another 49ft (15m) wide....
